Sticky the stick Insect

Road Trip pt II: Sweet As

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October 4th 2007
The second major attraction of the North Queensland coast is the Whitsunday group of islands, so called because they were first sighted by Captain James Cook on the HMS Endeavour during the festival of Whitsun in 1770. They are served by the port of Airlie Beach on the mainland. Unfortunately there are 600km between Fraser Island and the Whitsundays with sweet Fanny Adams in between. We left He ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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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