Nicola and I Treeplanting

Rottnest Island and Fishing

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September 22nd 2007
The latter half of August/ early September saw Damien acquiring work on a minesite on a fly in fly out roster (FIFO). I very quickly became a lady of leisure in Fremantle, familiarising myself with the shops and café strip and donating my time to charity! My flatmate Nicola is the Senior Environment Officer on Rottnest Island, 17km west of Perth. I headed out to the island for two days to pla ... 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