Dunk island

A pretty little town to do nothing.

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May 4th 2009
After the second worst journey of 20 hours on the greyhound (the first being the 23 hour one we did from Sydney to Adelaide) and we finally arrived at Mission Beach, a tiny little coastal town, with quaint shops and an impressive beach with inviting water, that, due to it being stinger season, you couldn't swim in. So we holed up at the Misson Beach Retreat, a family run hostel, our hosts being t ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Mission 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