Calypso

The Great Barrier Reef

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January 19th 2007
I'm sure most of you have heard of the Great Barrier Reef at some point or another. However I wasn't aware that it was one of the Seven Wonders of the World until we had arrived in Port Douglas and started making plans to go out and see it. Then, I started wondering what the other wonders where, and that is when I found out that there aren’t just Seven Wonders of the World, but like Seven Wonder ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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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