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Day 32: Diving the Great Barrier Reef‏

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January 10th 2013
An early start to board TUSA 6, our dive vessel for the day. The boat and crew were great and we arrived at Thetford Reef for our first dive around 10. Having only just qualified, we decided to go with a dive master, one other couple came with us (they'd done their PADI in freezing waters up by Hull .. crazy). Larissa our dive master was fab and we had three very smooth dives. I was so much mo ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns

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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