Longreach Bay

Meet the Quokkas!

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March 24th 2007
One of our targets for our round the world trip is to see as much wildlife as possible, so we decided to make a visit to Rottnest Island - which is situated 19 km off the coast of Perth. On our arrival we quickly became introduced to our first quokka - this is a very rare species as it is endemic to this island. They are small marsupials & are very friendly nocturnal animals & they look a bit like ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Rottnest Island

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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