Andy and the rain

Whitsunday Islands and Fraser Island - Sand, Sand and more Sand!

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June 24th 2011
Second blog for Australia and it's an exciting one! We decided after doing our research on Oz that we wouldn't leave the country until we had done tours to the must see Whitsunday Islands and the magnificent Fraser Island. We actually booked it as a double packadge in Cairns just before we caught the bus to Mission Beach. There was a really good deal - 3 days/2 nights on the Habibi boa ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Fraser Island

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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