Northampton

Northampton

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September 5th 2008
We've spent the last couple of days in Northampton! Northampton is a small town and it's where the first railway in Western Australia was built. We're staying in a small caravan park and everyone's been really friendly. We went to the Information centre on our first morning here and we got talking to the lady working there and she offered to take us out in her car to see some wildflowers when she ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia

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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