Big ugly fish

Blooming Sea Gulls

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July 5th 2008
5th July - Reef Aquarium One of the main reasons we came to Townsville was to visit the Reef Aquarium, recommended by the Lonely Planet guidebook. We were a wee bit dissapointed with it. It was interesting and they had lots of fish but 'Lucky T' the sea turtle must have been feeling ill that day as he wasnt at home! :-( After the aquarium we wandered along the coast through the ... 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