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Surfers paradise (12.10.12 - 14.10.12)

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October 20th 2012
Because we were due to be staying at Surfers Paradise over the weekend we really struggled to find a decent hostel in a decent location. In the end we settled for the YHA, normally I'd be happy to go with the YHA but it was way out of town, about a 40 minute walk. We rang to book and we were told that there wasn't due to be a shuttle until half four, we were arriving at half three, but if ... 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