Skipper's Den

Fishing finally...Cairns and Sydney here we come.

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November 16th 2008
I’m writing this entry in an exhausted state because I have just spent the past 9 Hrs on a boat in the ocean fighting waves and fighting fish. The trip was a lot of fun and I can now say that I have caught fish in the Pacific Ocean. It was not a good day for fishing however I was able to catch several fish including a snapper and a Jew fish. I cleaned the Jew fish and prepared it with a light ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane

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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