Rebecca

Whitsunday Islands

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April 15th 2007
We took a tour out to the Whitsunday Islands. The area named by Captain Cook after sailing through the region a fortnight after Easter Sunday. But Capt. Cook was off a day, it was actually Monday, he had neglected the international date line; hence it was Monday two weeks past Easter Sunday. The Tour boat took us to 3 destinations. The first was Whitsunday Island where we took a 20 min. clim ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Whitsundays

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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... ... read more