Turtles, turtles everywhere

Australia

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November 26th 2008
At 7am I was up ready for breakfast wanting to escape the intense heat in favour of the deck. Breakfast was bacon and eggs on toast, along with lots of goodies from the buffet. We were already feeling as though we didn’t want to leave the boat as the food and staff were all so good, although the lack of aircon was starting to get annoying. I kept my fingers crossed that it would be fixed bef ... 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