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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]
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] Blog: The Great Barrier Reef and Goodbyes...
Date: October 27th 2007
Date: October 27th 2007
What can we say about the Great Barrier Reef?
Since or last blog entry we have been spending our days swinmming in the man-made lagoon at the beachfront, and our nights catching up on movies and generally lazing about. Yesterday however, we got on board an original Pearl-Lugger built in 1956 in Broome, Austrailia. The vessel was entirely built of wood, one of the oldest boat in the har ... read more
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