Base Hostel

Island Life

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April 5th 2007
Here are a few more pics from Melbourne on St Patrick's Day. Had so much fun being surrounded my Irish! Met up with Pete (who I used to live with in Sydney) and with Connor and Sarah too. Then I met up with Tatjana and Stacey so it was a house reunion. I'm now on Magnetic Island, which is lovely. When I first arrived the hostel reminded me very much of Thailand with the loungers. It has been so h ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more