View from the deckchair

Dunk Island

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October 14th 2006
In October we went camping on Dunk. We got the ferry across in rough seas but the waters around Dunk were spectacularly calm. We lazed, watched the sunset, did a walk around the island and had a little ocean kayak on Sunday. ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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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