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May 14th 2007
We got off the bus at Townsville and were immediately hit by the heat! it was boiling but we had to walk for about 20mins to the ferry terminal aswell...with ALL our bags. That almost killed us. So we got the ferry over to the famous Magnetic Island...named because Captin Cook's compas went crazy when he went past the island...he thought it had Magnetic powers...the locals just think he probab ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Magnetic Island

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

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