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Explore Poid in Australia

Poid in the region of Queensland is a town in Australia - some 1,790 mi or ( 2880 km ) North of Canberra , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Poid is now 08:56 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Australia/Brisbane " with a UTC offset of 10 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Mendi, Kerema, Daru, and Saint Pauls. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Mendi . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Poid ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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I HATE FISHING

5:19 min by CailR
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Something different. I was on holiday at Badu Island in Torres Strait (the northern most point of Australia) and thought I'd take you guys along for the ride. (I uploaded this for the 5 Awesome Aussie ..

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Interesting facts about this location

Badu Island

Badu Island (Mulgrave Island) is an island 60 km north of Thursday Island Queensland, Australia in the Torres Strait. This island is one of the Torres Strait Islands. Badu Island once had a feared reputation as an island of headhunters. Warfare, farming, fishing, canoe building, house building, turtle and dugong hunting and a host of other activities were the main occupations of Badu men until the 1870s; of these headhunting disappeared with the adoption of christianity.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -10.12 142.15 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Torres Strait Islands

Moa Island (Queensland)

Moa Island (Banks Island) is an island 40 km north of Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia in the Banks Channel of Torres Strait. This island is one of the Torres Strait Islands and is the largest within the "Near Western" group. It has two settlements, Kubin and St. Pauls, connected by bitumen and a gravel road.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -10.18 142.27 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Torres Strait Islands

Duncan Islands

The Duncan Islands are a group of islands in the Torres Strait Islands, Queensland. They are north of Thursday Island Bramble Channel. The Duncans include three uninhabited islands: Kanig Island Maitak Island Meth Islet

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -10.24 142.08 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Torres Strait Islands

Mabuiag Island

Mabuiag (aka "Mabuyag", often miscalled Mabuiag Island, also formerly "Jervis Island") is an island in the Bellevue Islands, 100 km north of Thursday Island Queensland, Australia in the Napoleon Passage and Arnolds Passage of Torres Strait. It has other traditional names as well, such as Gumu (strictly speaking the name of the North-West part of Mabuiag).

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -9.95 142.18 (Lat./Long.); Less than 24 km away
Tags: Torres Strait Islands