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Whitsundays (and Airlie Beach)

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February 24th 2009
So after a 13 hour bus journey i arrived in Airlie beach, ready to embark upon the second part of my package - a 2 day 2 night sailing trip to the Whitsunday Islands. I arrived at about 7am and just spent the day sorting stuff out and relaxing in the sun by the lagoon. They seem to have lagoons everywhere in Australia because there are so many places where you can't swim in the sea - but the lagoo ... 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