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Leaving Brisbane City Backpackers

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January 23rd 2008
Feels like I've been here a while now but its time to move on. Planning to go to the Gold Coast over the weekend and I'm out over next few nites so I'll kip wherever I end up for the next few days and check into another hostel nearer to work next week. Since I moved out of room 19 I've been staying in one of the staff rooms. Met some really nice people who I'm hoping to stay in touch with while tr ... 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