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Can you explore the Torres Strait Islands in one day? We’re on the first one-day tour…

Can you explore the Torres Strait Islands in one day? We’re on the first one-day tour…

By Explore
June 9 2022 - 4:51pm

Holding a large conch to his mouth, Joey Laifoo blows into it and raises his face to the sky. A billowing sound bellows from the shell, a roar that might be ominous if it wasn’t so triumphant.

Here, on one of the islands in the Torres Strait, Joey is thanking the winds, one of the natural elements that has shaped the lives of these seafaring people for thousands of years, so important that it’s the basis of their four seasons.

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