Mr & Mrs Burps (Paparazzi Shot)

Trip down the coast

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December 7th 2006
Today we took the train down to Townsville to start our journey down the Coast. We were actually quite sad to be leaving Cairns. Many backpackers we saw weren't that enamoured with the place - but we absolutely loved it, and it is a wicked base to so much stuff. Whilst we have loved the places we have gone to on our tips, we have both realised how much we like having stuff around us - decent place ... 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