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Home Hill

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May 12th 2007
"Las Vegas of North Queensland", "Queenslands hidden gem !!", "Paradise Found !!". Just some of the comments that will never, ever be written about Home Hill !! The signs were there of course. When we got on the bus in Airlie Beach and told the driver we were going to Home Hill, he looked at me like I'd walked into his house on Christmas Day and peed on his kids. "Home Hill ?? Are you sur ... read more

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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