Sundial, Cottesloe Beach, Perth

Hectic Times In Australia

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January 15th 2008
I didn't realise how accustomed to India I'd become, Perth was a shock. Why are the streets so clinically clean? Where are all the people? Why is everything so expensive? Why are the hostels full of longstaying Irish? Why are people fighting? As if the stuggling to adjust wasn't already challenging enough, stomach trouble hit in a way not before seen. Tom first then me just as badly. ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales

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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