Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Incredible Australia: From the Whitsundays to Tasmania on the journey of a lifetime
By Carol Drinkwater Blocking my path: Carol was entranced by the 'bloody boulders' in Tasmania's Bay Of FiresIt was Captain Cook who christened the Whitsunday Islands while sailing past them in 1770 on what he mistakenly believed was Whitsunday. His calendar was askew, but the name stuck.As his ship, the Endeavour, navigated the cluster of 74 islands, he spied a few Aborigines on the shore
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