The Lads

The much anticipated update: our maiden voyage...

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January 1st 2011
...was fortunately no Titanic. In fact, our trip to Leeman, about 30 kms north of Perth (population 620!), was quite uneventful, which was great! I drove while Paul took the opportunity to read to the boys (current book, Louis de Berniere’s Red Dog, a delightful true story about the adventures of a Red Cloud kelpie in the northern part of Western Australia). The four hour trip passed by quickly, ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Jurien 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