Nic asleep at Perth airport.

Western Australia

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May 11th 2006
We arrive at Perth airport in the early hours, and being Yorkshire folk we decide to save the money and hassle of finding and getting to accomodation in the middle of the night by kipping at the airport (Tony is horrified by this when he meets us at Karratha later). We are flying on to Karratha at lunchtime, so it's only a 13 and a half hour wait. This was far more comfortable than it sounds as t ... 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