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    • Day 49

      Horn Island • Narapai

      May 28, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

      Heute besuchen wir auf der Nachbarinsel Horn Island das Torres Strait Heritage Museum, welches sich mit der Kultur der Insulaner und der Ureinwohner befasst. In einem weiterem Themengebiet wird die Seefahrt in der Torres Strait und die strategisch wichtige Lage für die Geschehnisse im 2. Weltkrieg als Japan Australien als Teil der Alliierten angriff gezeigt.

      Nach dem Mittag gehen wir noch Wandern auf den Hügel mit dem Green Hill Fort auf Thursday Island.
      Hier errichtete Australien 1891-93 ein Fort mit Britischen Kanonen zur Prävention gegen einen Angriff der Russen, welche sich damals auch als Kolonialmacht beweisen wollten. Man hätte mit 45kg schweren Kugeln 8.5km weit schiessen können, nur die Russen kamen nicht.
      Auf dem Nachbarhügel zeigen mehrere Funkmasten und Aufklärungstechnik die heutige strategische Bedeutung der Inseln in der Torres Strait, der Schnittstelle zwischen Pazifik und indischen Ozean.

      Der Abend klingt wieder im Grand Hotel aus und morgen gehts auf zweitägige Überfahrt durch die Arafurasee nach Westen.
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    • Day 24

      3 Island Tour - Horn Island

      August 24, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

      Up and moving early today, even before the damn alarm. A fun start to the day, I thought I'd quickly curl up a few bits of my hair, well, I melted green woolies bag onto one section of my hair after unknowingly resting the curling iron on a bag. So that was fun haha. I brushed some of it out, and Ben cut one small chunk out, no biggie, but luckily it was only a little bit. Once ready, we grabbed our backpack and walked down to the wharf where we met Bill and Carly, our skipper and first mate for the day. We were on the Luna Sea vessel, a bit smaller than we imagined, but happy with it because it meant there weren't many of us crammed onto the boat, 19 of us. It was about an hour to Horn island, our first stop. Bill stopped nearby and went though some local history of the Torres Strait Islands. It was so bizarre when he said that we were closer to Papua New Guinea than Bramwell Station and closer to Indonesia than Cairns. On our way into Horn, the boat stopped and we finally saw our first wild, salt water crocodile, just chilling on the sand. When he slid off into the water it was our time to move. At Horn island, Carly walked us to the Torres Strait Heritage museum where we watched a video and got to explore the artefacts, photos and read local stories. It was a nice amount of time, then we wandered back to the boat for our next destination.

      Somehow we had brief service amongst the islands, yet we lost service at Cooktown on the mainland.
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    • Day 3

      Horn Island

      September 8, 2015 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

      After the flight Barry from the Cairns office took me for a drive around parts of Horn Island. It's a clear sunny day, probably around 30 or maybe more. Interesting bits to note; don't swim in the water (crocs, sharks and stingers); there is a large dam on Horn Island that provides water via pipe to Thursday island; and the waters around the island are spectacular. Missing you all heaps!Read more

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