East Coast Stop Nine - Townsville and Magnetic Island 3

East Coast Stop Nine - Townsville and Magnetic Island

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July 22nd 2013
The drive to Townsville the following morning took around 3 hours and was once again a nice easy drive up the Bruce Highway - only stopping a couple of times for road works, thankfully! We arrived into Townsville at around 12pm, but unfortunately the reception at Civic Guest House Backpackers had just closed and wouldn’t be opening again until 2pm, so we decided to go and have a walk around the ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Townsville

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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