Can you see the Koala?

Airlie Beach, Whitsundays, Magnetic Island & Mission Beach

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February 1st 2006
What a wet and tough week I have just had! Yep, it does rain in Australia and I think i started missing home for the first time since I've been away... damn weather! Since I last wrote I have travelled up to Airlie Beach and went on a 3 day Whitsunday trip, which ended up being a complete nightmare and turned into a very very wet Sunday, Monday and Tuesday trip! Unfortunately we were hit by ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Magnetic 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