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Background: Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name of Great Britain. Six colonies were created in the late 18th and 19th centuries; they federated and became the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. The new country took advantage of its natural resources to rapidly develop its agricultural and manufacturing industries and to make a major contribution to the British effort in World Wars I and II. In recent decades, Australia has transformed itself into an internationally competitive, advanced market economy. It boasted one of the OECD's fastest growing economies during the 1990's, a performance due in large part to economic reforms adopted in the 1980's. Long-term concerns include pollution, particularly depletion of the ozone layer, and management and conservation of coastal areas, especially the Great Barrier Reef.




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Geraldton & Greenough
19 days ago: Cobb and Co 4 published a blog
Geraldton & Greenough
November 14th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Geraldton
9-11-09 Well off to Geraldton today with a list a mile long. First was the Info centre to find out where things are & what to see. We then went to the Laundromat & had a coffee while we waited. We the ... 23 photos [full story]

Coronation Beach WA
24 days ago: Cobb and Co 4 published a blog
Coronation Beach WA
November 9th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Geraldton
7-11-09 We woke up to a great day, no wind & we are leaving, the temp is to be a perfect 26 deg , we left early & went the coast road, & turned off to go to Port Gregory, a beautiful place we will hav ... 20 photos [full story]

Hi from Geraldton
46 days ago: Lckiwis published a blog
Hi from Geraldton
October 18th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Geraldton
We left Shark Bay and continued our way south. We stopped for a night at a freepark at Nerren Nerren, and had planned to stay at another at the Murchison River, a pretty spot with lots of wild flowers ... 26 photos [full story]

Roadtrip 2009 - Geraldton
68 days ago: Tickled Pink published a blog
Roadtrip 2009 - Geraldton
September 16th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Geraldton
Hi All! We've just got back from our 10 day "Wicked" roadtrip up to Exmouth and back so I have lots to write about today but I'm going to split our trip into several blogs rather than one very looo ... 11 photos [full story]

Rocks rocks and more rocks
92 days ago: globetrotters2009 published a blog
Rocks rocks and more rocks
August 30th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Geraldton
Making the most of the hire car we had decided to head up along the northern coastline a bit so that once we had the campervan we could skip this part. It would also give us a feel for the open roads ... 19 photos [full story]

Blowing a gale in Geraldton
157 days ago: ValandDoug published a blog
Blowing a gale in Geraldton
June 29th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Geraldton
We drove south, yesterday to the town of New Norcia. This is a town founded by the Benedictine monks in 1846 where they helped the indigenous population and started an orphanage for aboriginal girls. ... 8 photos [full story]

Work in Geraldton
188 days ago: Weggs published a blog
Work in Geraldton
May 22nd 2009  Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Geraldton
Sunday 17th May, 2009 Today we are off on our caravan trip heading north and eventually going through the centre of Australia to the south coast, returning via Esperance before returning sometime i ... 11 photos [full story]

193 days ago: alio3200 published a blog
Days 3 - 6
May 24th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Geraldton
We woke up early on Monday morning and headed into town to pick up our “Chubby Camper” van that is ironically named “Sandman” (you’ll find out why it’s ironic later ... [full story]


Geraldton Blog Entries

Photo 18
This is a famous Leaning Tree
Architect/preacher/hermit named Hawes designed this California mission style church in Geraldine
Perth at night on Australia Day...
Matt in the sea on Australia Day
The view from the top of Q1...
Overzicht van een stukje nederzetting van het einde van de 19e eeuw.
Dit is echter de kampioen 'leunen'.
Goed voorbeeld van een 'leaning tree'.
De weilanden rond Geraldton zien er erg verdord uit.
Vader zee-arend houdt de toeristen scherp in de gaten.
Moeder zee-arend op een ruim nest.
Overzicht op een stuk Oost-Wallabi eiland.  Zoek de (mini-)wallabi op de foto.
Hier is er ook een 'mushroom rock'. Deze dient als uitvalsbasis voor aalscholvers.
Als je voorzichtig bent kan je over zo'n plateau wandelen. Soms zakt er wel een stuk in.
Golven eroderen de fundering van het eiland.

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