Whitehaven Beach

Whitsunday Sailing

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September 21st 2006
On Board Spank Me! Enjoyed three days and three nights aboard the boat. Think that the whole Whitsundays sailing thing is a little overrated, especially when you consider the cramped living conditions - it's not exactly luxery. But then we did choose the boat! This boat went to the outer reef on one of the days were I saw a shark! Only a little reef one, it just lay on the sea floor. The one s ... 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