Slovakian, Marion, Marie

Whitsunday Islands and Barrier Reef

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July 17th 2010
I’m back from my fabulous tour around the Whitsunday Islands. The trip was pretty darn excellent and, very important for this type of thing, lucky; lucky with the weather, lucky with what we saw, lucky with the people on board the boat with whom I sailed, lucky in almost all ways! It’s funny how much you can learn about a nation from its bus drivers. I’ve taken long-distance bus journeys al ... 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