The start of the big adventure!

Karijini - the Jewel in the WA Crown!

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December 28th 2008
Karijini was one of those places we'd been looking forward visiting ever since we touched down in Australia - thanks to our eager host Mary at the first place we resided in Perth. She laid a photo-book of Karijini and other Western Australian wonders on our table in the dining room - I saw it, and I was hooked. The national park is situated about 1500km north of Perth, inland from Exmouth (east ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Karijini National Park

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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