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Meekatharra: where the bloody hell are you?

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April 11th 2009
After landing in Perth we grabbed our bags and found our rent-a-car company. A funny little story, and interesting tip to Americans traveling in Australia among other places...is that the way their dates are written can be used to your advantage. As Americans would list October 3rd, 1984 as 10/3/84, Australians would list it as 3/10/84. Now you might wonder the significance of this. My fellow ... 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