Cottesloe Beach

Full Day 1 - the Beach

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April 24th 2008
Our day started with getting two dogs and three girls into Roisin's tiny tiny car to take the dogs for a walk on the "dog" beach - Leighton. After the dog walking Roisin dropped us off at the "people" beach - Cottesloe. It was a beautiful day, the sun was really hot and the water was pretty rough which meant that there was quite a bit of surfing to watch. The beach was not very busy as you can ... read more

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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