Out On The Town in Townsville

The Beginning

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January 31st 2007
Hello to you. This is my first travel blog entry. I will try and update it as often as possible including photos. I will relay to you all the news so far and the plan for the next few weeks. At the moment we ('we' being my family, George and i) are in Townsville, Queensland. It is a small army barracks town where my family have moved to from Sydney. The climate is very Tropical with blazing ... 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