Budda, Hong Kong

Perth Update

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January 7th 2007
Hi everyone, well, what can I say, the sun is shining and the sky is bright blue and clear, think it has been about 35 in the shade today! Perth, we arrived after travelling all night and checked in to our hotel around 9.30am on 3rd January, exhausted, we unpacked and then went to bed for most of the day. This was actually a very sensible thing to do because believe it or not, we arrived in Pe ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth » Perth City

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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