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Avoiding the cyclone

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February 20th 2015
We should have been on Heron Island today but because of the two cyclones that were due to hit land this morning all flights to Heron Island were cancelled so we had to relocate to Airlie Beach four days earlier than we were due here. I am so glad we did because watching the morning news this morning it look quite terrifying. We got a call frm reception last evening to move all the furniture on th ... 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