Long Island Jetty

Stinger Suits

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February 21st 2010
What do you mean we have to leave tomorrow?! Didn't we just get here?! Somehow our time in Aussie land is quickly coming to a close, and we've recently realized that we had to hustle ourselves up the the Whitsundays and then to the GBR. After driving north from 1770, all day through rain, we got to Airlie Beach, where it proceeded to rain on us all night long. Periodically the rain woul ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns

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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