Sailing

oh captain, my captain

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February 3rd 2008
Airlie beach is a big name when it comes to travelling the East Coast, so I was suprised to find that I could walk across the entire town in five minutes. There's absolutely nothing to do but sit around the lagoon (a huge swimming pool - you can't swin in the ocean here because of jellyfish), eat, and go out to the "nightclubs". The town itself is built into a hill and reminded me of Andrews pictu ... 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