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East Coast Stops Six and Seven - Hervey Bay and a night in Rockhampton

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July 11th 2013
The next top on our trip was Hervey Bay, so we left Noosa on the 6thof July and had a drive of around two and a half hours to get there. Although we got to Hervey Bay Flashpackers (the sister hostel to the one in Noosa where we had just been!) by around 12pm, which was much earlier than the check in time of 2pm, we were actually able to check in straight away as it was fairly quiet and ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Hervey Bay

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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