Cottesloe Beach

Boogie Boarding

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August 24th 2008
I'm still working in Perth, until Wednesday. I don't start until 3pm, so Anne-Marie and I can still do some sightseeing and stuff before I start. We just went down to Cottesloe beach today, with a couple of boogie boards that we hired from the hostel. It was a little chilly but it was ok once we'd been in the water a while! The waves were breaking really close to the shore, so it was hard to reall ... 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