Lovely bay

Onboard the Independent Endeavour

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March 30th 2006
I've just got back from my sailing trip which was for 3 days and took my around the Whitsunday islands and I must say it was spectacular. To start off with there were meant to be 12 passengers on the boat plus 2 crew although 6 passengers had got their dates confused so were unable to make it. That's a $3,000 mistake they've learned the hard way. Because there as only 6 of us we each had a hand in ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach

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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