Work continues at the busy port as we leave Townsville

August 11th 2011
Thursday morning meant a very early start as we had decided to catch the 7:45am ferry to Magnetic Island. The alarm got us up and going but, even with the best of intentions we were always going to struggle to catch that early ferry. We left a little later than planned (my fault) and Graham thought he could make up time by ignoring sat nav and taking a short cut (big mistake). We already had ou ... 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

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Jan and Graham

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Hi and welcome to our blog. We have set out on our second great adventure in Australia, following in the footsteps of those magnificent bloggers The Wallaby Wanderers. Originally we were due to go in March and spend a few weeks with the Wanderers (daughter Sarah and son-in-law Darryl) but those plans were blown apart by the small matter of a triple heart bypass operation that Graham needed. However, all's well that ends well, Graham is fit and healthy again so we arrived in Aus on the 14th August and picked up 'PIE' the trusty Nissan Terrano that Sarah and Darryl bought last year and 'SWEE... full info

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