Looking for the whale shark

Ningaloo

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June 14th 2008
Well, after about 6 months of planning, I finally made it over to Ningaloo. Where? I hear you ask, well, effectively find Perth on a map and then look north up the coast to the little pointy bit before the coast heads north east to Broome. Yes, you're right. It's remote. Anyway, the reason for going there was two-fold - whale sharks and diving. Ok, so they're related, but still separate. And it ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Ningaloo Reef

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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