Underwater

Busselton on Geographe Bay

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September 19th 2008
Reaching the end of a walk along the Busselton jetty, the longest wooden jetty in the Southern Hemisphere I am more the 1.5 kilometers from the shore. Necessity dictated its length. Commenced in 1853, a 162 meter jetty was completed by 1865. Horses pulled carts, transporting timbers such a jarrah and karri to the ships. However the shallow waters coupled with shifting sand and larger ships mean ... 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