Ferry across the Swan

Arrived in Aus

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December 9th 2010
Planes, trains, and other public transport! Well, a 20-hour flight later we have arrived in Perth - minus two suitcases which no amount of begging would convince MH to let on the plane without paying the additional R9,000! One hour at the check-in, me on my hands and knees packing and repacking suitcases (and shooting daggers at poor Oliver who was standing far to one side with two smaller suit ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth » Subiaco

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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