Reef Flat

Heron Island- A trip to Paradise

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October 17th 2012
The first night we took a walk around the island, it only take about 1- 15 minutes to walk around the whole thing, right before dinner and got an amazing view of our first Heron Island Sunset out over the water. It was an absolutely captivating sight. Over the course of the next few days we had a couple lectures, walked the reef flats at low tide all the way out to the crest looking for small anim ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Heron 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