airlie beach

Sitting in the sun

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July 31st 2006
Second week and we are in the Whitsundsays. We are staying in a backpackers hostel overlooking the beach - cheap enough that we can afford private rooms (see view from communal balcony). And tomorrow we sail off on a 127ft long tall ship called the Solway Lass for three days touring the islands. I've signed up for an introductory scuba dive but mostly we will be snorkelling and sunbathing. Giv ... 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