Us in the Pinnacles Desert

The Pinnacles

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February 28th 2009
We have picked up our hire car and are now cruising around WA. Our first stop was Cervantes which is about 3 hours north of Perth. The town itself (or should that be village) is tiny but is close to Nambung National Park which was our main reason for comuing here. We are staying on a caravan site(the Ozzies love caravaniong and camping). Obviously we are not camping, we are staying in a 'unit'. I ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Cervantes

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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