the strand from the motel

The Strand - Tomas Haglund

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October 25th 2013
Day 2 in Townsville - October 25th Today we decided to treat ourselves to a little luxury, so we went down to the beach, only forty meters from our motel, but I got robbed! Paying an ice cream 7.99 AUD! T<a name="_GoBack"></a>he beach, or “the strand”, which it is called was beautiful and despite our earlier incident with the ice cream the day gave us time to relax ... 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