Sunset on the Explorer

The Deep Blue Sea Behind Blue Eyes

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April 19th 2009
"G'day mate, what can I do foy you?" "I'd like to learn to dive please." "No worries mate." And so that's how I obtained my SSI Open Water certificate. Well, nearly. I walked into the CDC shop on Tuesday to see about learning to dive and getting to see the Great Barrier Reef before it all goes the way of Betamax. With the Oz experience buses only leaving Cairns at the start of the w ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Great Barrier Reef

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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