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Whitsunday Islands

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December 4th 2008
I arrived in Airlie Beach on Sunday evening after a few hours in a bus. I spent the evening and Monday morning pottering around the town and getting ready for my sailing trip! I stepped aboard "Whitsunday Magic" on Monday afternoon and spent three days and nights on her. She was a beautiful boat, really traditional, I felt like I was on a pirate ship! I shared a cabin with a couple of other gir ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Whitsundays

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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