The Sand Island. I couldn't see it either!

Finding Nemo

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October 19th 2010
Cairns! Awesome. I really like it here. It's a pretty small city but all the locals still say 'hello' as they pass you, it's hot, quite pretty and you can shop to your heart's content. Today howver, I left the city to journey on the Ocean Freedom to snorkel the Great Barrier Reef in search of Nemo. Despite rain on the mainland, a little way into the reef, the Sun decided to come out ... 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