TOWNSVILLE

TOWNSVILLE AND MAGNETIC ISLAND

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May 22nd 2006
Don't ask us what attracted us to Magnetic Island! We left Cairns and the rain last Tuesday and travelled down the coast by train to Townsville, a very small but pretty town. Luckily the weather improved and we have had virtually uninterupted sunxhine since we arrived. (Up until today that is; we have ducked in here to get out of a downpour.) Our week has been much the same old same old; wa ... 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