Beach Bar on Maggie

Magnetic Island

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July 6th 2010
After one more night in Airlie Beach after the sailing, we moved onto Townsville. We were hoping to go straight to Magnetic Island from Townsville, but we had to stay one night in Townsville as there was a Full Moon party on the Island and the hostel was fully booked. We found a fantastic hostel in Townsville to stay in for one night. It had just recently opened and was gorgeous! It had wooden flo ... 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