Big Crystal Creek

From Mission Beach with love

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June 3rd 2010
Onwards and upwards from Townsville (that’s north), one of our shortest journeys to date, the day after will be the shortest. We stop at Mutarnee, got to mention the park. It’s big, it’s quiet and has excellent facilities, park where we like for $25! Alas only stopping one night whilst we visit Paluma Range National Park. We had another steep climb before looking back over the valley to the ... 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