Townsville Taxi

We Made IT!

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April 16th 2008
We Made It! We wanted to update the blog sooner but we had to sleep first. It was a long trip but well worth it. We are on Magnetic Island just off short from Townsville, Queensland, Aus. The water front room we wanted opened up yesterday....YES! The trip: The flight from Portland to LA was fine. When we got off in LA, we were not sure where we were on the airport or where we needed to ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Townsville

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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