Whitehaven Beach

Setting sail in the Whitsundays

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September 3rd 2009
July 7 - 9 We decided to treat ourselves to an adventure outside of the caravan and took to the high seas on a tall ship cruise in the Whitsundays. The ship is called the Derwent Hunter and it had a somewhat chequered history as a drug and weapons transport vessel before it was bought by the current owner and shown that crime doesn't pay - tourism does. I'm not really a renowned sea farer but l ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach

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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