Kings Park, Perth

Thoughts from Perth

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January 11th 2011
Hello....well my time in Perth is coming to an end. I have had quite a sedentary (not sure that is spelt right but no spell check on the blog site!) start to my trip - mixture of jet lag and the temperature. Felt like I needed to be out and about yesterday so went for a walk round Kings Park (it's bigger than Central Park you know!) Wrong time of year to be blown away by the spectacular colours of ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth

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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