Setting sail for Long Island

Oops!! 16th February 2008 again (Ground Hog Day for real)

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February 16th 2008
16th February 2008 The rain has got through to the brain and yesterday's blog should have been labelled the 15th February 2008 and not the 16th February 2008. We slept well last night lulled by the sound of the tropical storm raging. Today we woke up in Mackay to more torrential tropical rain. We decided to stick to our plans to visit the Whitsunday Islands and if possible the Great Barrier Reef ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Whitsundays

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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