Matt wearing his attractive stinger suit

Australia

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November 25th 2008
A continental was served from 7.30am with a hot option from 8am. We could already tell we certainly weren’t going to go hungry on this trip. After eating well, the anchor was raised and we set off around the corner for our first snorkelling stop. Thierry, the French dive instructor, was hilarious and had us in fits as he rambled on about safely when snorkelling. Matt had been tempted to go ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Whitsundays

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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