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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]
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] Blog: Magnetic Island
Date: November 20th 2010
Next stop: an island that James Cook named Magnetic Island because his compass went funny when he sailed by. It's a very nice spot... however, there were loads of "schoolies" - kids that had just finished their GCSE equivalent and went away for a week after that. But never mind, we stayed in quite a cool hostel which was not infested with partying kids - we stayed in little huts in the forest and ... read more
Date: November 20th 2010
Next stop: an island that James Cook named Magnetic Island because his compass went funny when he sailed by. It's a very nice spot... however, there were loads of "schoolies" - kids that had just finished their GCSE equivalent and went away for a week after that. But never mind, we stayed in quite a cool hostel which was not infested with partying kids - we stayed in little huts in the forest and ... read more
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