Tons of fish

The Yongala - Australia's Best Dive

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September 17th 2009
The Yongala - Australia's Best Dive! At the start of this trip we knew we wanted to do 3 dives, one on the Great Barrier Reef (check), one in the Whitsunday Islands and one on this shipwreck called The Yongala. The Yongala boat sunk in 1911 in a cyclone with 200 knot winds off the Townsville, QLD shore. The boat didn't have radios yet and was going to be fitted with them upon their arrival ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Townsville

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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