Helping an injured turtle

Our ferry paused to offer assistance but the two canoests were happy to carry on back to shore. Turtles are in trouble at the moment because Cyclone Yasi destroyed a lot of the sea grass that they eat.

Magnetic Attractions

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

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Magnetic Island

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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