Jon in Magnetic Beach

Queensland: Magnetic Island to Noosa

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October 9th 2007
So we left Townsville on the ferry to Magnetic Island (having almost got on the wrong one - oops) which is only a 20 minute ride away. The island looked beautiful and we could see our hostel just up the beach from the port. Unfortunately the bus took a magical mystery tour which took half an hour to go 2 mins up the road! But anyway we got there safe and sound, the hostel looked nice and before ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Noosa

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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