Whitehaven Beach

Windjammer - a beautiful boat with a green hull and very heavy sails…

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April 25th 2008
Am in the Whitsundays - woo hoo! Had a very early start on Tuesday morning (the earliest so far) and set off to Hamilton Island on a very tiny plane with just two propellers (and I had my doubts whether or not it had an engine until we did the ‘engine tests’ on the runway before takeoff). Flying conditions were actually perfect and so could see the Great Barrier Reef from above, such a stunn ... 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