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Sunset II

Heron Island, Day 3

April 15th 2008
After a night of disrupted sleep (thank you, Shearwaters), I went for a post-breakfast snorkel with my buddy Rika. We headed out along the concrete wall that leads out towards the wreck that serves as Heron's breakwater (it's not allowed to snorkel near the wreck or in the channel during the day, as you'd be run over by a boat). We saw lots of wonderful fish, as well as three big black-tip reef ... read more
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Australian Flag 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
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