Not what you want to see at the beach!!

Townsville

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July 11th 2012
Travelling further north we stopped at Rockhampton for a couple of days. We visited a tiny coastal town nearby called Emu Park, although after seeing the box jellyfish warnings neither of us were too happy to test out the water! Leaving Rockhampton we headed for Townsville, our most northerly stop off before starting to travel inland. We were unlucky enough to have a few very dull and wet days ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Townsville

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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