paul at cape lavender winery

Exploration of WA

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January 10th 2009
Before we left Perth we wanted to head down south a bit to the Margaret River region which is known for its scenery its surfing and its vineyards! We hired a car from Hertz, a wee Toyota corolla thing, and booked a cottage just outside the town of Margaret river. We drove down on Sunday late morning and stopped at a place called Mandurah which has Sunday art and craft markets so we stopped for a ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Margaret River

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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