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Sailing the Whitsundays

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May 5th 2007
Arriving on the Island My 3 month trek home from Australia began with a weeks sailing course in the Whitsundays. The Whistunday islands are located on the east coast of Australia in Queensland. I flew to an island called Hamilton island which is where Sunsail base themselves in the Whitsundays. Hamilton Island for those of you who dont know is a pretty small island with three hotels a ... 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