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Most of the backpackers who died were on the first floor of the hostel. [9] Through an inquest, it was found that in one of the upper rooms where 10 victims were found (i.e. all of that room’s occupants), a bunk bed blocked a fastened exit door and the windows were barred. [10]
On 23 June 2000, a fire was deliberately started at the hostel and 15 backpackers died. [2] The Palace Hotel was rebuilt in its original early 1900s style. Queensland artist Sam Di Mauro made a 7.7-metre (25 ft) long glass memorial wall that was set into the new building. [3]
The Downunder Hostel Fire was a lethal fire on 17 September 1989, set shortly before 5:00 am in a backpackers hostel on Darlinghurst Road in the Kings Cross area of Sydney, Australia. [1] The fire was the fifth most deadly disaster in Australia in 1989.
Given the unusual nature of the attack, and the lack of corroborating evidence (i.e. Falconio's belongings or body), it took the police some days to appreciate the significance of the crime. But in the wake of the backpacker case, the media were quick to sensationalise Lees' story as one of survival in a crime of unusual horror against all odds ...
BackpackersXpress was a proposed airline to have been based in Melbourne, Australia.It was established in 2003 and sought to start a long-haul, low-fares operation using two dry-leased Boeing 747 aircraft.
Sydney Harbour YHA's views of the Harbour and Sydney Opera House. In 2019, the Grampians Eco YHA was the winner of 'Best Accommodation in Australia' and 'Best Accommodation in Victoria' at the Adventure Tourism Awards. Sydney Harbour YHA also won 'Best Accommodation in NSW' for 2019, along with Hobart Central YHA for 'Best Accommodation in ...
Sydney Sweeney has a new place to stay while she is visiting the sunshine state. The actress, 26, bought a $13.5 million mansion in South Florida, half an hour away from Key West. Sweeney’s new ...
It was the original backpacker journey, but also a quest in the romantic tradition of Lord Byron - that of the man of action and the intellectual combined. His two accounts of that journey, A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water , are a masterly portrait of a Europe about to be swept aside by war, and also an insight into the ...