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Great Barrier Reef

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July 27th 2012
<span>We woke op early to get ready to for the trip to the Great Barrier Reef. At 08:00 we arrived at the marina and boarded the Poseidon catamaran.<span> We met a Dutchman, Herald, who lives and works as a dive master in Port Douglas and we had a nice chat with him.<span> The weather was beautiful with clear blue skies and warm sunshine.<span> On the way out to the reef ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Port Douglas

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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