Day 6 Cape Tribulation by Don

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01-Feb-2015

Day 6 Cape Tribulation

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The crew of the first European ship to visit this region (the Endeavour, in 1770) didn’t have the benefit of the charts, GPSs and sonar that we had. Their ship ran aground on a reef near here (Endeavour Reef) and was badly damaged.
Captain James Cook recorded "...the north point [was named] Cape Tribulation because here begun all our troubles".

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Yvonne		14-Mar-2015 10:44
I think we went this far up... reminds me how dense the foliage was... that strip of sand is where we walked possibly. v

Jeff Real		14-Mar-2015 00:29
A lovely scene that looks great in this wide format ~V~

Missed Opportunities		13-Mar-2015 21:39
Great info! The image convinces me that there are still wild places on this planet.

Chris Morton		13-Mar-2015 20:54
read about the incident recently, so good to see what it looks like - would they have sailed past a thousand miles of similar?

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