The Manta Ray

a harmless, graceful giant of the sea

June 3rd 2011
Thursday 2nd June - today was the day for the first of the two trips we had booked for ourselves. We were up and about fairly early although the trip didn’t depart until 10:00am. But at 9:50am we were waiting on the beach ready to board Miss Coral Bay III – a glass bottomed boat. We were scheduled to be on (and sometimes off!!) the boat for the next two hours. We were suitably dressed for ... read more

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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

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Jan and Graham

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Hi and welcome to our blog. We have set out on our second great adventure in Australia, following in the footsteps of those magnificent bloggers The Wallaby Wanderers. Originally we were due to go in March and spend a few weeks with the Wanderers (daughter Sarah and son-in-law Darryl) but those plans were blown apart by the small matter of a triple heart bypass operation that Graham needed. However, all's well that ends well, Graham is fit and healthy again so we arrived in Aus on the 14th August and picked up 'PIE' the trusty Nissan Terrano that Sarah and Darryl bought last year and 'SWEE... full info

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