Great Barrier Reef Photo 4

Great Barrier Reef

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May 25th 2008
Yesterday I did my Great Barrier Reef tour (thanks to generous gift certificates because it's crazy expensive!). It was an hour and half out to Moore Reef (supposedly one of the better ones) and then we spent the day out there. I did a semi-sub boat tour, a glass-bottomed boat tour, looked through the underwater observation windows, and the best part was SNORKLING!!! I loved it - felt just lik ... 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