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Whitsunday Island Sailing

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January 31st 2006
Head off on a 3 day/3 night Whitsunday cruise on the Anaconda III. The great selling point of this particular trip is that it also sails to the outer barrier reef, as well as the Whitsunday Islands, something we really want to do. Day 1 We set sail with a champagne toast as the sun was setting to Hook Passage (between Hook ... 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