Fremantle Prison - solitary confinement

Perth (15-31 August)

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September 23rd 2008
We spent just over two weeks in Perth, catching up with family and friends as well as on some home school. It was great relaxing in a house again and having Mark's mum and dad ('Oma' and 'Opa') pampering the kids (and us) with yummy dinners, etc. It also gave Mark, with his dad's help, a chance to make up a couple of brackets to hold the shovel and ladder to the roof rack. Mark also made a visi ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth

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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