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Turtle Soup

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January 6th 2008
Last day in Hamilton Island and we had a trip booked to Whithaven Beach. We got up early and were waiting for the boat by 9. It was a sailing boat called Banjo Patterson and was to take about 30 of us to see one of the top 10 beaches in the world. The crew were great and after the usual safety stuff we were handed a 'stinger' suit, this is a rather fetching lycra number that offers all over body ... 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