Erin and the lagoon

Townsville and Airlie Beach

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September 23rd 2009
We were so happy to get up and to leave Townsville today. It's just not our type of town that we have become accustomed to on this leg of our trip. Before heading out we ran into some of the people and one of the dive masters that were on our Yungala trip the day before and we shared our diving pics and videos and commiserated about how rough the ride out there was. Grabbed a kebab and a fro-yo a ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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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