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Great Barrier Reef - Upolo Bay and Cove

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May 30th 2010
We went out on a day cruise to the Great Barrier Reef and did some snorkelling. We saw hundreds of different fishes, coral, a stingray and even swam alongside a sea turtle.When it was low tide a sand island emerged from the ocean, which we swam to and just sat on, just stranded in the middle of the ocean. The water was so clear and the sand so white - we even exfoliated in the sand. ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns » open water

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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