Walk to Balding Bay

Magnetic Island and Airlie Beach

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October 21st 2009
From Cairns, I caught a bus south to Townsville; then I took a 30 min ferry across to Magnetic Island. I stayed at Base hostel and it was so beautiful! My first full day on Magnetic Island and I headed to Horseshoe Bay to do some hikes. The first hike was a 1.5 hour walk to Balding Bay, where there was some beautiful forests and rock formations; part of the forest had recently burned and was al ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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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