Water ripples

Sailing Day 2

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March 13th 2007
Hello again, well, since we are in the tropics, and it therefore gets dark around 6:30p.m, and the sun rises at 5:30 am, we were all up and about on the boat when the call for breakfast came at 7 am. After breakfast, we headed to the most beautiful beach i have ever seen. The Whiteheaven Beach on the Whitsunday Island! Shane took us in small groups to the beach in the dingy, and after getti ... 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