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Grant and Rae's Oz Trip Feb/Mar 2014

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March 10th 2014
Long lie this morning.......coach pick-up not till 9.20. So we drove into Port Douglas and had a light breakfast. Rae's friend, Sue was on the same trip to the Great Barrier Reef. We left at 10 and arrived at the pontoon off the reef at 11.30. The upgrade meant that we were at the Agincourt section, not far from the continental shelf started. The first job was to get the lycra suits on - re ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Port Douglas

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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