Whitsundays

Marijke and luc

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March 22nd 2008
Hello, Arrived in the township Airlie's beach and looked for a place on campingground Airlie Cove Resort just before easter weekend, and decided to go to the Whitsundays, 74 islands in the great barrier reef, cruising to Daydream island, Hamilton island, and a stop on the famous whitehaven beach, a stretch of seven kilometers silica snowwhite sand. So far this year they had four days of good we ... read more

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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