View of Perth City from Rottnest

Final days in WA

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December 18th 2008
Entry by Jules Friday 12/12/08 We decided to have another lazy morning on the beach at Cottesloe, this time a little further south along the coastline. This wasn't quite so good as Thursday morning in that we had to share the beach with lots of other people! After lunch we headed to Perth to catch up on a couple of jobs - nothing very exciting to report here I'm afraid. On our ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Fremantle

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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