Dinah swimming in the pool

20th February 2008

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February 20th 2008
20th February 2008 Our first day for some time with no rain. We managed to book a trip to the Great Barrier Reef for today at the last minute late last night. We were picked up at our motel at 7.45 am and taken to the port to catch one of the Quicksilver company,s boats, Quicksilver Sonic, to the outer reef. The weather was forecast for showers but we started in watery sunshine on our very modern ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Port Douglas

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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