Salmon Bay Rottnest Island

Rottnest Island- The home of Quintin Quigley Quokka!!!

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April 20th 2007
…that’s the affectionate name me and Nat gave our first quokka we sighted on Rottnest!! Their tails are rat like I can understand how the explorers thought they were rats and not quokkas!! Quite cute though, very friendly. Anyway, hello, one more day left in Perth!! Yep we are finally leaving, feels like we are leaving home again! We’ve had a brilliant time here and Ian and Jean (nats aunt ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Rottnest Island

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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