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Days 6-8 Beaches and Mountains (Big Hills) - Stirling Range / Esperance

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April 11th 2009
Just a quick one I'm afraid. Drove up to the Stirling Range and climbed Mount Toolbrunup - what a view! Next day made the long journey to Esperance, which is the coastal gateway to the goldfields. Decided to stay here two nights - today I went to Cape le Grand National Park - pictures below. Saw my first kangaroo. Might have been a wallaby though. Going to Kalgoorlie- Boulder tomorrow ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Esperance

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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