South Perth Yacht Club on the Swan River

March 3rd 2012
Our stopover in Melbourne was sufficient to get one night of sleep to begin our adjustment to Australian time and head west to Perth. The 4.5 hour flight from Melbourne to Perth was similar to flying from Montreal to Vancouver. After studying google maps at home we knew our destination would be the south-west tip of West Australia starting from Perth. To put it in perspective it would be like trav ... 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

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Ken and Ev Cashion

Cant sit too long

As middle-aged travelers and tri-athletes we made a point to connect with tri-clubs in Western Australia who warmly welcomed us to local events. We are travelers who prefer to visit with locals rather than local attractions. Our choice is to stay in small towns and rural communities, and regional parks. We are not yet in our "empty-nest stage" but are thankful this window of opportunity opened up for us to visit Australia. We are from Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, (45kms east of Vancouver, Canada) Port Coquitlam is the home town of Terry Fox, the heroic young man who ran half-way acro... full info

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