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July 11th 2006
Sailing the Whitsundays is on every backpackers itinery. The Whitsunday Islands are a group of about 90 islands lieing off the coast. The blue green waterways surrounding these islands are marine park and fall within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. The boats leave from Airlie Beach which is kind of like Magaluf of Australia. Wet T-shirt competitions, naked jello wrestling and enough ... 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