Snakes on an El

Magnetic Island

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February 21st 2007
Tropical and very humid Magnetic island a short ferry ride from Townsville was another place we had heard about from people we had met on our travels, and when I head about it being a natural Koala sanctury we had to go. We spent 3 night here in a nice little bungalow amoungst the wildlife. And it was nice to be staying amoungst all this nature, you could constantly here the birds singing in th ... read more

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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