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Whitsunday Christmas with the Barnes'

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December 24th 2008
Our first Christmas in Australia - and what better way to spend it than travelling around the country with family and friends! On December 21 the Barnes family (and Heidi's friend Sme) descended on Sydney to start off their two week whirlwind Australia tour. After 3 days getting over the jet-lag in Sydney, our group of 8 boarded a plane to Hamilton Island. Hamilton Island is part of the Whits ... 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