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HOLIDAY HAUNTS.
Islands Off the Coast.
Some years ago Mr. H. V. Gibbs enjoyed a trip arranged by the Tourist Bureau amongst the islands off the Queensland coast, and later paid a visit to parts of the Barrier Reef with a scientific party. His impressions formed the basis of an interesting discourse to workshops employees in the lunch-hour yesterday.
Opening his address with the remark that a holiday amongst the islands was of more than passing interest, Mr. Gibbs, in a breezy talk, gave a glowing picture of the attractions offering on the coast from Moreton Bay to Galdstone, to those who sought an unusual holiday. At one time there was a proposal to take Brisbane’s water supply from Stradbroke Lakes, he said, but owing to the difficulties of carrying the water under the sea it was abandoned. Captain Cook was reputed to have first landed in the