Perth City

17th March Perth/Sydney

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April 27th 2008
We arrived in Perth after 8 days of travelling (and 3 days stuck in the middle of nowhere) from Melbourne. We managed to find somewhere to rent on the internet for a couple of weeks - a duplex (semi-detached to you and me) in a place called Dianella which is just 10 minutes from Perth City. Set up in the hills you can see the city in the distance. We decided to hire a car as we have heard there ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth

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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