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Island Paradise(s)

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July 4th 2007
Sydney-East Coast OzMichael Sneddon ISLAND PARADISE(S) They say that Australia is paradise and this week I discovered why. I left Sydney having jumped on a cheap flight up to a place called Airlie Beach, which is gateway to a group of 74 islands called the Whitsundays up on the north(ish) east coast. No trip to Australia would b ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach

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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