Whitehaven Beach Whitsunday Islands

East Coast and Outback times

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July 7th 2007
Hello again. Well got to Airlie Beach which is not a great place apart from the fact that the trips to sail the Whitsunday Islands depart from here! So went on a racing yacht called Condor, which in its day won all the major ocean races twice. Been kitted out now for 28 people but its still a racing yacht with all the winches and grinders and stuff, got to help out with the sailing, raising ... 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