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Bowen Qld

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September 20th 2022
Bowen turned out to be the sleepy coastal town that the tourists essentially bypassed (unjustifiably so). The town lies at the northern end of the Whitsunday Coast, and has several islands just offshore. Only 6% of the one million travellers who navigate the Bruce Highway in the north of Queensland detour into Bowen. The locals and other travellers asked that we not tell anyone about Bowen. We fou ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Bowen

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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