Ship and sub in harbour

A long delay....and Sydney

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March 3rd 2009
Dear all, Last time that I wrote I was really looking forward to leaving Chuuk and that proved to be quite hard! Finally the day of our flight arrived and we went to the airport. I call it an airport but it really is just a check in desk, a toilet and a runway! Anyway we soon found out that our flight was going to be delayed by about 9 hours! Our escape from Chuuk was not going to happen just yet ... 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