The Solway Lass - what a beaut

Sailing around the Whitsundays

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October 23rd 2008
We've just got back from a little trip to the Whitsunday Islands, which are a group of 74 picturesque islands on the North East coast, with white sands and beautiful blue waters. There are so many different kinds of boats you can explore them on, but we went for a ship called the Solway Lass. It's an old 1900's pirate ship, and it's got so much more character than one of those big white plastic ... 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