Unlike a lot of inner city hostels that lack a garden and pleasant surroundings, rooms at
Aussie Woolshed Backpackers spread over three different buildings, situated within a large garden, surrounded by ponds, tropical vegetation, palm
trees and
gum trees.
In February 2010, Judge Carton ruled in a case pending in an Australian court (yes, he has discretion to exercise jurisdiction over Australian matters) in which record company EMI sought to overturn a court ruling that the
Aussie band Men at Work copied a flute riff from the children's song «Kookaburra Sits in the Old
Gum Tree» in their 1980s song, «Down Under.»