The Egg race!

Magnetic Island

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January 10th 2008
After few hours drive from Airlie beach we arrived in Townsville where we took the ferry to Magnetic Island. It's a tropical island with 320 days average sunshine every year. I was really happy when I arrived here, this place is just chill... no worries, just relaxing. Actually this has to be the most relaxed place so for in the travels in Oz. This hostel is more like a resort. Just spending the d ... read more

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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