Snorkel time on the Great Barrier Reef

Great Barrier Reef

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December 9th 2009
I am now over in Queensland, East Coast Australia. After a fairly sleepless flight over from Perth we waited around for a few hours before we could check in at the hostel (to be fair we were 8 hours early!) Half hours of sleep here and there coupled with our first expensive breakfast in a long time, we finally checked in....and went straight to bed! We did however sort out quite a lot of stuff for ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Great Barrier Reef

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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