Cable Beach sunset

Travel Blog 4 to 10 August(Broome to Karratha)

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August 10th 2008
An exciting conclusion to an otherwise troublesome week.Yesterday Alexine gave birth to Olivia,our second granddaughter.Both are well and grandparents elated.This week we have travelled only 850kms to Karratha.We had been told in Broome that we had an oil leak from a transmission cooler but that we may be able to get to Perth if we kept an eye on it.Sadly it worsened and on Fri we got a local gara ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Karratha

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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