Aoileann and Turtle

The Wests Awake

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September 23rd 2007
Howye all? Alls great here. We're just killing sometime before we hit for Asia later today. We've left Darwin about 4 weeks ago and made our way to Perth. Great trip, done loads of good stuff. WE got a lift from Darwin to Broome with a sound german girl and spent about 5 days on the road, going through the edge of the kimberleys, stopping at swimming holes, gorges and random outback town. ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia

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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