Airlie Beach

Airlie Beach and Whitsundays Sailing Trip

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February 11th 2009
The Whitsunday Islands are a group of islands somewhere along the Great Barrier Reef between Cairns and Brisbane, just off Airlie Beach. There are hundreds of them spread throughout the sea and a very popular tourist trip for all types of people is to take a sailing trip through these islands, a 'must do'!! We arrived in Airlie Beach after a long bus ride and were quickly greated by Koza and Jo ... 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