Esperance

Down Under! WA

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January 26th 2007
On January 26, I arrived in Perth - on Australia Day !!! Part of the city was closed to traffic and lots of people were walking around carrying (or wearing) the Aussie flag on their shoulders or cheeks. Concerts in the park.... very nice... sounds like Geneva during the "Fetes de Geneve" but warmer, bigger ... and different:-)) Altough I had spent over 1 month in South East Asia, I was hit by jet ... 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