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Great Barrier Reef

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February 10th 2011
Hello all, just a quick update today as I'm short on time but I had to tell you all what a fantastic experience the Great Barrier Reef was! The ride out to the outer reef was on a catarmaran and all the staff made a big thing about seasickness - they predicted a bumpy ride as we were crossing the shipping channels. I'm a good traveller so didn't take anything for seasickness and I was fine. It wa ... 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