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Whitsundays, Whitehaven...what a day!!!

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January 1st 2009
Following christmas we took to the roads for some serious driving!! Our first stop was a night in Mackay, a nice town further up the coast. The campsite was nice and shady and a lovely sea breeze which helped us get to sleep that night!! There was a beach just next to the campground so we had some nice walks along, amazed at the huge amount of tiny little crabs all along the beach!! Only a brie ... 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