My Quality Ride!

Mysterious Magnetic Isle

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December 10th 2006
The Greyhound bus was not as bad as we expected even though it was 6 hours long! We watched ‘Over the hedge’ animation film so it kept us busy for a couple of hours. We got an expensive ferry from Townsville over to Magnetic Isle and then a local bus to our accommodation on the west coast. The apartments were owned by a guy from Bournemouth but he had been over there for 25 years now! So we ha ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Magnetic Island

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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