Ayers Rock

Australia - Part 3 (Ayers Rock / Perth / Margaret River)

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November 28th 2009
Like most people, Geology has never really been my thing and my interest in rocks doesn’t extend past the sparkly, wearable kind. That said anything, let alone a rock, that has its own airport, commands its visitors to get up at 4:30am, divides them over climbing it and has two names must be worth a visit. It was. Ayers Rock, known to the Aboriginals’ as Uluru, attracts people to the middle ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Margaret River

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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