Truckers

Onto Townsville (The infamous night at the BP Petrol station!)

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August 12th 2008
We spent the morning on the beach enjoying the Australian winter weather and after lunch left the pikey campsite and headed on towards Townsville. It was quite a drive and we arrived in the late afternoon just in time to purchase some supplies and book our ferry to Magnetic Island on the following day. The tourist centre had provided us with free camping information and we headed off to a nearb ... 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