The Whitsundays, Magnetic Island, Mission Beach, Cairns and Cape Tribulation
October 19th 2011 Sorry it's been so long since I updated; the only downside of having an amazing time is trying to find the time to tell people about it!
Two weeks ago I went sailing around the Whitsundays, which are a group of 74 islands dotted around the North Queensland coast. Our boat held 22 people plus the crew and so was one of the smaller ones that sails the Whitsundays. We spent the first morning g
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