perth

Perth

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November 16th 2012
After 3 1/2 months in Asia we welcomed some home comforts in Australia...It is nice to be able to sleep in the same place for more than a few nights at a time! and we have actually enjoyed not eating out every night!...But every now and again we do get the Asia blues! Australia is beautiful but it reminds us a lot of home...we LOVED the culture, cuisine and people in Asia...in Perth it doesn't ... 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