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Random bits of Site-seeing

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July 16th 2009
It's been a while since my last blog as we haven't really been up to much touristy. The weather hasn't been too great so we've been trying to dodge the rain and on the good days we've tried to go somewhere new. We spent an afternoon driving around the Avon Valley which is a real picturesque region to the east of Perth. The area is named after the Avon river in the UK, although here they pronou ... 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