A new way to explore Australia's most mysterious region
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In far north Queensland near Papua New Guinea, the Torres Strait is home to a thriving Indigenous community that's now slowly opening to tourism.
(CNN) — At the far northern tip of Australia is one of the country's least-visited and least-understood regions.
But that's about to change, thanks to local Indigenous entrepreneurs like Fraser Nai.
The Torres Strait comprises 247 islands at the northernmost tip of Queensland, near Papua New Guinea. The Torres Strait Islanders who live there are of Aboriginal, Melanesian and Australian background. Arguably the most famous Torres Strait Islander in the west is the NBA's Patty Mills, who plays for the Brooklyn Nets.
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