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Making the grade

I have just devoured the June-July issue of Great Walks. Absolutely brilliant. I loved the photos of the pack horse trip through the Vic High Country (Snowy River Wandering). However, the reason I am writing to you today is about the article by Rik Soderland, Reef Encounters. I once travelled to Christmas Island for work and had a brief stopover at the airport on the Cocos Keeling Islands.

Flying in the blues shades of the water is still a vivid memory of mine to this day. I enjoyed the article

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