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No sleep in Noosa

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April 23rd 2009
Geen had tried to prepare me over the phone and when I first arrived, I thought, "actually, its not as bad as I thought". How wrong was I? We booked into Halse Lodge, the YHA hostel in Noosa on the premise that most YHAs seem to be a cut above than the average hostel (wrong) and that we were assured of a quiet room (how wrong). We were staying in a 16 bed dorm which was like an outside large ga ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Noosa

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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