On Maxiragamuffin

Making our way South down the East Coast of Australia

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October 28th 2008
We left Cairns on the 19th October and headed down to Mission Beach only a couple of hours on the Greyhound and then afterwards went to Townsville. We spent Dan's birthday here (not by choice just happened to be!), places down the East Coast have been pretty quiet country towns. Fine for a short stop over to break up the journey just browsing the shops, getting the beers in and chilling out by t ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Hervey Bay

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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