Whitehaven

Day 6 - Whitsundays

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July 1st 2017
So today was the day of exploring the Whitsunday Islands and Whitehaven Beach. We first went up to the lookout which was incredible, the swirling sands were breath taking. Our guide Tash told us a little anecdote that NASA had permission to take a good few tons of the purest silica sand to make the lens for the Hubble telescope. NASA then broke it by accident and had to get permission to get mo ... 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