Transport

The 'Wet'sundays

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January 22nd 2006
Up early yet again to catch the 7am bus to Airlie Beach. We checked into Magnums and paid an few extra dollars for a private room, every now and then you need to do this just to get a decent nights sleep. Magnums is a lively hostel surrounded by trees and a small stream that runs by it, so the mosquito's were out in force again.. We were pretty tired and got an early night to make the most of havi ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach

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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