Six banded angelfish

Cheers from Down Under!

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May 21st 2006
I am currently in Cairns, Australia. I completed my 3-day, 2-nite live-aboard trip and am now half way through my travels. Later, I leave for Hobart, Tasmania for 2 nites. The diving on the Great Barrier Reef was pretty good. The visibility was far less than Maui (15 ft vs 80+ ft) but still saw some cool things. Also saw another shark (about 3 ft long) and had my camera but he wasn't close enough ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns

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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