Deepwater National Park

Its Been a Long Time!

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September 19th 2011
Well folks, its been a long time since the last blog, so after a wonderful week's holiday up the coast, I thought I would share with you all our latest road trip. Caz and I headed up the coast nearly 500km, to a small township on the Mainland at the southern tip of the Barrier Reef. There are two towns within 4km of each other on a beautiful peninsula, the first and larger town ( and by la ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » 1770

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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