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An internet booking mix-up has left a young
English couple holidaying in chilly Sydney, Nova
Scotia, instead of on the sun-kissed beaches of
the Australian city of the same name.

Emma Nunn, of Sidcup, Kent, and Raoul
Christian, of Charlton, south east London, both
19, bought their tickets from an online travel
agent for £740 each.

But after a six-hour flight from London’s
Heathrow Airport, their flight landed in Halifax,
Nova Scotia.

Realising they were in
eastern Canada, the
couple assumed they
were “going the long way”
because they had booked
at the last minute and
would soon be arriving in
Sydney, Australia.

Mr Christian described the
experience as “really,
really confusing”.

“We thought ‘OK, we are
going to wait here and a
big plane is going to turn
up and take us to
Australia’.

“But it did not quite
happen that way.”

The passengers were
asked to board a
25-seater plane.

And after just more than an hour they
landed
in
sleepy
Sydney,
Cape
Breton
Island,
off
the
north
eastern
coast
of
Canada.

The
former-mining
town
has
a
population
of
just
26,083
and
one
of
the highest unemployment rates in Canada.

Airline officials are arranging for the couple to
return to London.

But, in true British fashion, the pair are not
ready to write off their summer holiday just yet.

“Obviously it is a big disappointment,” Ms Nunn
conceded.

“But after it sank in we both said ‘let’s make the
most of what we’ve got around us’.”

They said they were enjoying looking at the
pick-up trucks, and eating the local lobster.

Airport officials said they had sometimes
received luggage destined for Sydney, Australia
before – but never people.