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Are We There Yet ???????

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January 5th 2008
Well, our second day on Hamilton Island was an eventful one to say the least. The island has only a couple of beaches and the one at our hotel was OK but we thought we had found a better one. We had seen a beach called Coral Cove on the other side of the island that looked pretty good so we decided to give it a try. The mode of transport on the island is golf buggy and there are hundreds of them b ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Hamilton Island

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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