Whitehaven

Whitsundays

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May 23rd 2006
I finally left Cairns on Sunday and headed for the Whitsunday's. I met up with my friends Simon, Ben and Mike and we all booked onto the same boat to sail the Whitsunday islands. We purchased the cheapest package that was available and ended up on an interesting boat. The boat definitely was not a sailboat, it was a big steel vessel that looked like a fishing boat but had a mast on it. The crew we ... 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