Perth

Perth

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February 23rd 2006
We were especially excited about getting to Perth as Mark's Mum & Dad were waiting there to meet us. Despite arriving late at night, we sat and caught up over a bottle of wine before heading up to the luxury bed we had been treated to. Perth is a lovely city and we spent the first day exploring it. Then we arranged a hire car so that we could drive south along the coast to experience a bit mo ... 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