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The Whitsundays to Cairns

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July 15th 2007
It's my last day in Australia now so will just fill you in on what's been happening for the last few weeks and i'll probably tell you all again when I get home! So sailing the Whitsunday's was a good laugh. We went snorkling and saw lots of colourful fish and even a turtle. That was really cool. We stopped at Whitehaven Beach which was beautiful. The sand is mainly silica so it doesn't get hot ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns

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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