Sailing the Whitsundays 5

Lazing on a Whitsunday afternoon

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July 16th 2010
After Rainbow beach we spent a few days in Agnes Water, last chance for some surfing before the coastline tucks in behind the Great Barrier Reef and the surf dies away. Agnes and the Town of 1770 are quiet but very likeable. Onto Airlie Beach and the gateway to the Whitsunday Islands! Possibly the most beautiful beach on the planet. Consistently voted in the top ten and according to the most r ... 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