Our skipper Josh aka Jack Sparrow

Turtles and Tall ships: Sailing in the Whitsundays

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December 1st 2009
We left Hervey Bay intent on taking our time making our way north to Airlie Beach for our next tour. Jonny and Dee had just come south from there, so they had plenty of ideas for what we should see. The first advice we followed was to spend a night in Mon Repos, near Bundaberg. Although I know very little about turtles, the draw of seeing a 'threathened' species up close was too strong to den ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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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