At midnight it turns into a pumpkin

The tropical Magnetic Island

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April 26th 2006
We departed Airlie Beach on the way to a place called Townsville, where we were due to catch a ferry across to Magnetic Island. The journey was 4 hours with a very enthusiastic bus driver, who doubled up as a tour guide and supplied some comical releif as we ventured through the passing towns and villages etc, explaining what there was to do in each place and how many people lived there and any ot ... 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