Vicky & Helen Lunch at Quaalup

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October 4th 2008
On leaving Albany the weather was cool but sunny with a threat of rain later, so we booked a self-contained unit at Quaalup Retreat on the border of Fitzgerald NP. It was just as well we did not plan to go straight into the National Park as the road was closed because of the recent rain. Having dried out our wet tent, we had lunch with Vicky, the resident kangaroo, and then drove to a beautiful wi ... 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