The Rental Bike

Perth - August 18, 2009

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August 20th 2009
Tue 18th of August 2009 Well my computer says today is the 17th of August; computers are not yet smart enough to know where I am (approaching Sydney) and that a day, at least in calendar time, has been taken away, only to be returned as I leave Australia to return home. After so many years of travelling the emotions as one leaves home remain mixed. There is the sadness tinged with guilt, we ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth

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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