Whitsunday Islands

Airlie Beach and the Reef

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January 6th 2009
Entry by Jules Sunday 04/01/09 Our last morning on Magnetic Island was spent lounging by the pool at the hotel. It was the only thing we could really do in the humidity. We then caught the ferry part to the mainland and the town of Townsville before boarding a tilt train which was going to take us south to a place called Proserpine. Travelling on the tilt train was excellent. ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach

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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