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The Great Barrier Reef - Airlie Beach

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September 13th 2009
It was a 4 hour drive from cape Hillsborough to Airlie and we had heard some not so great things about the place. When we arrived we found the closest caravan park to the city and secured ourself an overpriced pitch right by the main road - joy!! Of all the parks we have stayed in, Airlie was the most expensive and the worst facilities, but it has the draw of the Whitsunday so it gets away with it ... 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