P1020090

Sydney

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November 11th 2009
Being stuck at check in. Ok that was a little bit stressful!! “Sorry you cannot board this flight as you have no ongoing flight to New Zealand and no Visa to enter Australia.” Bollox! My immediate reaction was to shout abusive words at whoever answered the phone at STA. However Matt was a lot calmer and sensible about it all. We had to wait for STA to open in the UK paid for a phone car ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney

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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