On the ferry

Thursday Island - Wednesday 27th

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May 27th 2015
Hi all, today was a boat trip to Thursday Island. Thursday Island is the government administrative centre for the Torres straight Islands. We took a ferry at 8am and this took 1 hr 10mins and was 36km distance. Was a reasonably smooth ride until we got about half way. My granddaughter Olivia and my wife Tonina got seasick. Let me just say was an interesting ride for the second half of the ride to ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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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