Great Barrier Reef

Arriving in Australia

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July 2nd 2004
G’Day! We had come to Australia on the assumption (based on our travel agent’s advice back in the States) that we could easily book an immediate flight to Cairns where we could go scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef. No such luck. Though we’d heard that this was low season for tourists, we hadn’t heard that it’s high season for Australians because it’s winter break. All flights to C ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach

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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