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Thursday - Whitsunday day 2

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October 23rd 2014
After a bit of a restless night on the boat due to the heat and a feeling a bit claustrophobic in my small low bunk I was up with the cook lol. Everyone else slowly woke up and soon we were a full compliment and tucking into a hearty breakfast. It was a calm day out on the water and the sky was cloudless and it was going to be a hot sunny day :-). After breakfast we went snorkellin ... 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