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Airlie Beach and The Whitsundays

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September 30th 2010
After leaving the luxury of Bill and Margrets we boarded our next train and headed to Airlie beach. Much like Cairns Airlie beach is tourist ville and another lauching pad but this time for the Whitsunday island. Famous for their silica sand beaches and fantastic sailing the islands were definately on our agenda. We arrived into Airlie late in the evening so decided to leave any exploring till ... 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