And how blue the water is!

Whitehaven Heaven

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August 9th 2007
Today we took a ferry to Whitsunday Island, which is not only the largest of the 74 Whitsunday Islands, but also home of Whitehaven Beach, one of the best beaches in the world! Along the way, the ferry stopped briefly at Hamilton Island, which is the most commercialized of the islands. It has the capacity to sleep 5000 people per night, and has heaps of shops. Now, on to the main attrac ... 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