First day cruising

Sailing the ocean blue

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December 6th 2006
Bush Fires and Free Camping! We left Hervey Bay and headed North on the Bruce Highway. It was remarkable the difference between the clutch of Betsy and the Land Cruiser, and it took a little while to again get the feel of it. It was saddening to see how much of the vegetation along the sides of the road have been burned away by bushfires. There were stretches of miles where the ground ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach

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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