Starting Well

Australia Day Weekend

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January 29th 2007
Well after being here for almost a month now we have eventually actually done some travelling. The 5 hour journey from Cairns to Townsville was going to cost us about 40 squid each on the bus. However a few days before we planned to leave, we met two German girls who owned a camper van... very handy. It is possibly the worst mode of transport I had ever done but it was only going to cost 8 pounds ... 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