Southern Cross Hostel 1770

Week 5-1770- Airlie Beach

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September 13th 2014
We spent the last day by the pool in Rainbow Beach with some of the girls from our Fraser Island trip. Then we went to a travel agent to book some more trips and hostels for the rest of our trip. We ate out for lunch while we waited for our coach to the next stop, 1770. The coach was 7-midnight so I slept for most of the journey. When we got to the bus station the hostel (Southern Cross) had a pic ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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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