View from the island

Australia

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November 20th 2008
It was another 6am start ready for our cruise. By 7.30am we’d been to the marina office to pay up and boarded the small boat which took us to the larger vessel around the corner. The trip was to Lady Musgrave Island, one of the most southern islands in the Great Barrier Reef, for a day of snorkelling, swimming and coral viewing. I’d been worried about Matt doing the journey as the leaflet ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Lady Musgrave Island

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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