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Day 13

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December 12th 2015
So today we were out of the hotel by 6:30 to go on our Whitehaven beach and Hamilton Island tour! We got on the boat and headed out, on the ocean - very calm was lovely! We had to drop a few people at a few other places on our way to Whitehaven but it was worth the wait! It is truly beautiful and the sand is like talc, so so soft! Apparently this is because it is silica, and Whitehaven beach and ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Whitsundays

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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