Swan Bells Tower, Perth

Perth and Freemantle, Western Australia, Australia

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February 28th 2008
We arrived from Tasmania yesterday evening (flying from Hobart with a change at Adelaide) and caught the local bus to our accommodation which we had booked while waiting at Adelaide Airport. We had an excellent meal at a restaurant attached to the hotel. The next morning we checked out and set off with our rucksacks to explore Perth. We walked through the shopping centre and down towards the c ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Fremantle

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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