Karen on Cable Beach

Australia

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December 7th 2008
We allowed ourselves a lovely lay in until 9.45am seeing as we didn‘t have to be anywhere. It’s funny as at home we’d think nothing of staying in bed late on a weekend, but while travelling we rarely get chance as we have to check out of the sites by 10am and it takes a couple of hours to get up, have breakfast and pack everything away ready for the journey. It was Sunday but we expected ev ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Broome

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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