Aerial shot of Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Island off Queensland, Australia (© imagebroker.net/Superstock)

【September 20 2014】When Captain Cook sailed through here, he named it the Whitsunday Passage for the day of his discovery. Alas, he got the day wrong. This island should be called Whit Monday, but Cook mistakenly logged its discovery one day too early. He could read a map. A calendar, not so much.Explore breathtaking Gallery from the HuluTrip homepage over the past 5 years..