The Helm and some people

A very happy Unbirthday

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June 27th 2013
Well now, we seem to have gone upmarket for the day. It was the 27thof June and we awoke very early from another slightly uncomfortable slumber to another gorgeous winter day in the tropics for my slightly early birthday treat. We were picked up outside Flametree Tourist Park, our campsite for 2 nights by a coach and taken to the Abel Point marina 5 minutes down the road from Airlie Bea ... read more

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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