NW Trip Day 2 - Kalbarri and the Stromatalites! - April 5, 2007 April 20th 2007 Today we woke up to a magnificent sight - a rainbow! After snapping a few pictures, we packed up camp, had our breakfast and were on our way further north. Our first stop was a magnificent spot called Eagle's Nest. It's a little lookout spot along the coast atop some magnificent gorges. We then made a stop in the town of Kalbarri where some of the smarter members of our group purchased bug hat ... read more
Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Hamelin Pool 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
This blog was created in 2007 when I headed to Perth, Western Australia for a year-long study abroad program. There are still lots of great stories and pictures from that trip, though I got way behind on my blogging and the stories end abruptly in September, 2007 (I was in Aus until Christmas Eve!)
Although I've traveled a lot since then, I left this blog in a state of neglect for several years. But I figured another school-related international adventure was a reason to get things started again! In August 2011, I packed up my car and made the drive from my hometown of Toronto to the sunny ... full info