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Mission Beach to Townsville

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July 11th 2016
Mission Beach to Townsville Mission Beach is one of the few areas where the Wet Tropics meet the Great Barrier Reef. The reef is closer to the beach here than further north. Dunk Island is close and we could easterly see it from the beach. Mission Beach was where important signatories made it their mission to save the reef. A pleasant walk out on the beach in the light rain and we pushed on to ... 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