Free river boat

Brisbane

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July 23rd 2013
The journey from Noosa to Brisbane took around 2 hours. When we arrived at the bus terminal our hostel Brisbane Backpackers Resort came to pick us up. It wasn't the nicest hostel we had stayed in but one of the cheapest we could find in Brisbane. The hostel was huge making it hard to meet anyone- we definitely prefer the smaller more intimate hostels. After checking into our 8 bed dorm and mee ... read more

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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