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Background: Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name of Great Britain. Six colonies were created in the late 18th and 19th centuries; they federated and became the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. The new country took advantage of its natural resources to rapidly develop its agricultural and manufacturing industries and to make a major contribution to the British effort in World Wars I and II. In recent decades, Australia has transformed itself into an internationally competitive, advanced market economy. It boasted one of the OECD's fastest growing economies during the 1990's, a performance due in large part to economic reforms adopted in the 1980's. Long-term concerns include pollution, particularly depletion of the ozone layer, and management and conservation of coastal areas, especially the Great Barrier Reef.




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Life on the Open Road
3 days ago: JimandLynne published a blog
Life on the Open Road
November 5th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach
First things first in this blog. We mentioned the humpback whales in our last update but, at that time, we didn't have photos of them. Now we do - courtesy of Mr Alan Ryan. Thanks again Alan - we're s ... 14 photos [full story]

Out with the Bouys
4 days ago: kangaroojack published a blog
Out with the Bouys
November 3rd 2009  Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach
DAY 361 I woke up my usual way after what can only be described as a poor nights sleep, I sat out side in the morning sun just watching the world go by and doing a bit of blog. It was 7.15 and C ... 18 photos [full story]

Oz
19 days ago: Terenzo published a blog
Oz
October 20th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach
Staying in the Whitsundays ... 22 photos [full story]

26 days ago: tesssteve published a blog
airlie beach
October 13th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach
So we are now in airlie beach which is somewhere between brisbane and cairns. We checked into our hostel and cooked up a steak for our first night, had a few drinks and watched the simpson movie! Had ... [full story]

Fraser island and sailing to Whitsundays and Great Barrier Reef
October 2nd 2009  Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach
Da var springbreak i gang. sitter naa paa en internettkafee paa beaches hostell. resten av gruppa er aa spiser frukost, men morrafugl som jeg er, sto jeg tidlig nok opp til aa rekke frukost. vi har ha ... 15 photos [full story]

The Great Barrier Reef - Airlie Beach
42 days ago: the kemps published a blog
The Great Barrier Reef - Airlie Beach
September 13th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach
It was a 4 hour drive from cape Hillsborough to Airlie and we had heard some not so great things about the place. When we arrived we found the closest caravan park to the city and secured ourself an o ... 23 photos [full story]

Enjoying the Whitsundays
50 days ago: ValandDoug published a blog
Enjoying the Whitsundays
September 19th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach
We have been staying at the Big 4 Whitsunday Park at Cannonvale, just out of Airlie Beach. We like staying here because it's out of the business but handy to shops and transport and Airlie Beach is th ... 10 photos [full story]

Airlie Beach
55 days ago: herzi published a blog
Airlie Beach
May 28th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach
Der heutige Morgen war ein sehr trauriger Morgen an dem viele Ameise ihr Leben lassen mussten. Anscheinend hatten wir unseren Campervan in einem Ameisennest geparkt. So verbrachten wir den gesamten Vo ... 22 photos [full story]

65 days ago: Firefly published a blog
Knuckle(head) Reef
September 2nd 2009  Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach
I feel an obligation to warn other travelers. If someone offers you a tday rip to Knuckle reef in the Whitsundays, run like hell in the other direction. Out of practice in relying on my intuition, I ... [full story]

65 days ago: Firefly published a blog
Airlie Beach
September 1st 2009  Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach
I arrived at Airlie Beach (Airlie rhymes with Hayley- for some reason Australians must not believe in the letter "R" -LOL!) at 11 am. Whisked up a hill to my hostel where I was shown to my dorm roo ... [full story]


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