Reef Magic Pontoon

Great Barrier Reef

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September 6th 2008
9/6 was our day on the Great Barrier Reef. We took a 90 minute boat ride out to an anchored platform on the Reef. All three of us signed up for an intro dive, and none of us made it beyond the diving platform. We were all a bit uncomfortable with the diving idea, and one by one we dropped like flies. The intro dive option did not cost anything but at least we gave it a try. We otherwise had ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns » open water

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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