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Sailing the Whitsundays

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January 4th 2006
Brent and I flew from Brisbane to the Whitsunday Coast on New Year's Eve. We arrived and took a coach transfer to Proserpine, where we were spending the night. We went to the liquor store to get some wine and some alcohol for our sailing trip, and we got some groceries so we would have some snacks and breakfast for the next morning, because we had to leave at 6:00 am to get to Airlie Beach in time ... 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