Rottnest Island

Rottnest Island

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August 29th 2008
Anne-Marie and I spent today on Rottnest Island. We caught the ferry from Fremantle and hired bikes from Rottnest Island when we got there. We didn't realise before we arrived that, although our ferry back doesn't leave until 7pm, the bikes have to be back by 3:30pm. So, we only had the bikes for about five hours and it's a big island so we didn't make it very far around. What we did see of it, th ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth

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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