Snorkelling on Great Barrier Reef

OZ, Part 1

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January 18th 2008
Hi all, from wonderful OZ! We've been here about 2 weeks now, starting in Cairns and travelling so far down to Airlie Beach, the jump-off point for the Whitsundays. It's been a few weeks of randomness to say the least. I may sound slightly stupid saying this, but noboday actually told us it was going to be rainy reason in Queensland. Yeah we knew it was tropical, blah blah. But had simply though ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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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