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A small community with a big heart.

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November 6th 2012
We departed for Bowen early with the premier bus, arriving late in the evening. Us, being the Messy Crew, hadn't made any plans, just hoping there would be hostels and possible farm work available. We were wrong. We sat for about an hour in the bus station calling all the hostels in the small town but they were all full. We had chosen Bowen's busiest and apparently most exciting weekend; T ... 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