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Day 26 - Cairns (SCUBA) - “WE FOUND NEMO!”

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November 28th 2008
Happy Thanksgiving (yesterday, but it’d be today for the folks back home in the USA.) So after last night’s late night with the crew, we thought waking up at 5:50 am would make for a rough early morning SCUBA dive. After dragging ourselves out of bed and brushing our teeth, we set off for the sun deck for our morning dive briefing. Barely half of the crew was awake to assist, but it was sti ... 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