Magnetic Island

Carnage in Cairns!!

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April 9th 2008
Next stop on the coast was Townsville to get the ferry over to 'Maggie', Magnetic Island for three nights.......a really chilled out island and very small, reminded me a bit of Thailand in a way as a just lay on the beach all day and chilled at night with a few beers!! Met up with lots of folk I met whilst coming up the coast.....so was good to catch up with each other and share a few cold beers!! ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns

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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