20 YEARS ON: THE BACKPACKER HOSTEL FIRE
In the 1990s and early 2000s, Australia was considered a far-flung paradise for backpackers from all over the globe.
Travellers flocked Down Under, where they were spellbound by our relaxed lifestyle, beaches, remote outback and the hostel culture.
The backpacker dream was badly shaken during serial killer Ivan Milat’s reign of terror, but in 2000, another tragedy ripped through the tourism
