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Magnetic (or Maggie as Bev would say!) Island

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March 3rd 2009
It seems like a lifetime ago now that i was on Magnetic Island as i'm writing this from Fiji! So i'll keep this one brief! I think it took about 6 hours to get to Townsville from Airlie Beach but there wasn't much to see or do in Townsville or many places to stay so i headed straight on the ferry to Magnetic Island. The hostel i stayed at was right on the beach and had a decent bar and a stream ru ... 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