Ross from Friends

Surfers Paradise & Byron Bay

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May 12th 2008
Hello, We arrived in Surfers Paradise and were picked up and taken to our hostel. On arrival we presented our Travelbugs voucher which entitled us to 1 night free accommodation at this place and the manager informed us that as from that morning no Travelbugs vouchers would be accepted anywhere as they had gone into liquidation. We thought our luck would run out fairly soon as it had been a we ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Surfers Paradise

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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