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Yanks in Aussie Heaven – Sailing Among the Whitsunday Islands

October 31st 2011
Uttered with a lopsided grin, Grahame finished his ‘safety checklist’ with the comment that “I am not going to bother showing you how to use the life jackets mate, because if the boat sinks and you don’t know how to put one on, that’s just natural selection in action.” I grinned back, but also made a mental note to come back after everyone was asleep to make sure I wasn’t going to be ... read more
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Australian Flag 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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