Exploring sandspit

Cairns to Hope Island

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April 22nd 2013
Apparently it’s Monday 22nd April…and I really have no idea, other than my computer tells me so. So much for keeping an electronic diary every night. But now, I’m determined to do better!! Not sure where to begin. Perhaps since the last entry, which I’m thinking was in Cairns. So we did a bit of maintenance (as one always does when in a marina I’ve discovered). My brother Frog, and his ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Hope 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