Whitesands Bay!

Sailin when its arainin!

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February 7th 2007
After a rather traumatic overnight bus journey up to Airlie Beach - 11 hours, in seats that reclined about 3 inches, woken up every 2 hours - we were greeted by frequent down pours and intense humidity! We spent 2 days in and about Airlie Beach - mostly sheltering from the rain and doing blogs - before being told at 9.30am that our trip, due to leave at 1.30pm, had been cancelled!!!! We were, ther ... 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