Whitehaven

Airlie Beach, The Great Barrier Reef and The Whitsunday Islands...

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January 15th 2008
So, the greyhound delivered us (on the 8th Jan) to Airlie Beach after 10 hours on the road... we were pleased to find it was a little drier than in Cairns where a monsoon had hit just as we were leaving! On our first night we found a nice little Mexican restaurant where we had 'all you can eat chilli' for $8 ... and of course a jug of sangria! We met up with some friends we'd made in Cairns (Ian a ... 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