The Pinnacles Desert

Journey up North to Coral Bay and the Ningaloo Reef

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March 31st 2009
Tuesday 17th March We started our long journey up the West coast today to Coral Bay. I met the group who i'd be travelling up with in Perth; two German girls Mira and Sabine, Claire from Liverpool and Miya from Taiwan. Our first overnight stop was 10 hours away in Kalbarri. We set off at 8am and after familiarising ourselves with the bus which was to effectively be our home for the next few day ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Coral Bay

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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