Paul climbing the Bi-centennial tree

A ful-filling fortnight!

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March 7th 2007
The plan for our trip to the west side of Australia was to spend a few days in Perth, head down the coast for a week and return back to Perth. This was lucky as calamity Vic had a run in with the dentist on our first visit to Perth where we were informed that she required 8 fillings! These obviously couldn't all be done at once, so with 4 down and 4 more booked for our return, we hired a car and ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia

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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... ... read more