Rottnest Island

Rottnest island vacation

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October 3rd 2007
Dear friends and family, Monday 9 am OFF to ROTNEST ISLAND, a beach-laden island paradise about 11 miles off the coast from the big port, Fremantle, by ferry. A Dutchman discovered the isand a few hundred years ago and was not very good at biology! When he saw the delightful small (up to 18 in tall) marsupials hopping around the islamnd, he thought they were RATS...hence, the name. Should really b ... read more

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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