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The Great Barrier Reef

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November 21st 2010
One of the greatest natural wonders of the world - the Great Barrier Reef is truly magnificent and spellbinding. Yesterday our visit to the reef started at 08.00 and an hour and a half boat ride out to the reef. A reef tour is best done from Cairns because the distance from shore to reef is shortest there, as you start moving down the coast the reef moves further away and it takes longer to get ... 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