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Christmas & New Year

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January 4th 2010
Hi Everyone, I have had the most relaxing and enjoyable Christmas and New Year ever!! Sorry, I know you all have had freezing weather back home. If it makes you feel any better the humidity is really fierce here, can hardly breath at times! I am getting a nice tan though. We travelled up to Airlie Beach to visit the Great Barrier Reef for Christmas, leaving Hervey Bat at 4.30am to avoid the ... 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