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Exmouth

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August 21st 2007
We saw a baby whale with its mom yesterday. It’s been a joke of ours since Melbourne when we crossed Phillips Bay on the ferry thinking we’d see one. We’ve been looking for baby whales with a laugh all through the outback these last two months . . . But not only did we get within 30 metres of a great humpback whale and her calf while they quietly gorged on the krill around us, we actually s ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Exmouth

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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