Whitsundays

Our "sailing" trip

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April 15th 2006
Got back to Airlie Beach yesterday after three days on our "sailing" trip - I put sailing in inverted brackets as we did absolutely no sailing whatsoever which was very misleading!! However we still had an excellent time and I guess that is all that matters. Had a meeting on the first day where we were told there were 80 of us and only 2 boats! And there was us thinking it would only be about ... read more

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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