The Whitsunday Islands Boat Trip Photo 7

The Whitsunday Islands Boat Trip

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November 11th 2007
We are now arrived in Cairns 7 hours North of Airlie Beach and the last destination on the east coast before we drive to Alice Springs and Uluru (Ayers Rock) Planning to spend at least two weeks here to catch our breath before the monster drive ahead. Photos attached are of a two day boat trip from Airlie beach out to The Whitsunday Islands in the Centre of the Barrier reef. Needless to say t ... 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