Whitsunday's

"The Sun has got his Hat on..."

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February 22nd 2007
Hi all, Well we woke on Thursday morning, feeling a bit down, until we looked out the window to find this yellow blob radiating a lot of light and heat! Yippee. We wasted no time at all to get down to the Lagoon for our first swim in Airlie Beach. The following day (again sunny) we were to meet our boat Anaconda 3, for a three day tour around the Whitsundays. We left the dock with champagne in h ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Byron Bay

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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