Whitsundays

Townsville and Maggie Island

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May 17th 2006
Hiya Possums We're back on the road, and intend to reach Townsville, however we spend too much time on the internet, (do you realise just how long all this blogging takes!!!), and so we only make it as far as Ingham before it's time to set up camp. It’s a good site, wonderful facilities, (we're getting used to Oz now and stopped comparing the camp kitchens with NZ!!) and so many small cane toad ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Magnetic Island

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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