Di looking good on the Reef

Sailiing The Great Barrier Reef

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December 17th 2007
Am sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo excited!!!! Today we are going via boat to the Great Barrier Reef - and I'm going to try diving again aswell! We head out to the boat jetty for our 7.30am start (getting earlier again!) and get on board the Ocean Freedom boat. We paid a bit extra for this trip as there were cheaper ones available, but this boat has quite low numbers so the boat is more ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Great Barrier Reef

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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