Whitsundays

The Islands

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June 2nd 2007
We headed out of Townsville to our next port of call, Airlie Beach, this would be the place where we got on to the boat for the Whitsunday Islands tour. Airlie Beach was a small town but had the best lagoon i think we have been to on the east coast, we did nothing much for two days whilst we were waiting for our tour to leave apart from soak up the sun at the lagoon. The day arrived for our tour ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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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