Brisbane to Magnetic Island Photo 24

Brisbane to Magnetic Island

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June 16th 2010
I left Byron Bay on a 3 day slog to get to Frasier Island which took me firstly to Surfers Paradise. This town was a cross between a cheesy European beach resort and a poor mans Las Vegas with horrible looking steak restaurants and seedy nightclubs all over the place. Thankfully we were only there for one night and chose to just get a good night sleep. The next day I headed back to Brisbane for o ... 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