Charles Darwin book published l910. Followed by weathered l928 itinerary for extensive Great Barrier Reef tour from Townsville starting in June which included fishing , shell and orchid collecting, dugong, turtle and alligator hunting , a visit to the Dunk Island home of author and naturalist Edmund James Bamfield who wrote Confessions of a Beachcomber , game shooting , a wonderful exhibition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander dancing on Palm Island . |