Long Island

Island Explorers

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August 8th 2007
Today we set out to explore a few of the Whitsundays. Now,there are 74 Islands in total, so we weren't ambitious enough to think we would make all of them, but we thought 2 would be a good start. The first stop by our tour boat was Long Island. We started off with a nature walk through the bush. We were disappointed that the only wildlife we saw was a bush turkey, and the 2 slowest walking h ... 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