Mission Beach

Bedding down in the rainforest

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February 4th 2010
Townsville = Dullsville Jan 26th - Jan 28th Now to be fair to Townsville it may be a completely different place when it isn't in the midst of a torrential downpour but we found it to be deserted, tired and rundown looking with a lot of empty shops and a large population of drunks on the street. Our stay coincided with the rains from Cyclone Olga. This was rain unlike we had seen be ... 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