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Western Australia Part 1 - Perth and the SW

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October 15th 2009
After a week in WA, Bella commented that it was just like England only colder - ha ha!! Heading North it did look very much like England’s rolling hills, only on a much larger scale, but I’ll get to that later... We arrived in Perth on Wed 16th Sept, and headed straight down to Fremantle for a few days rest (yes, we really did need it after 5 weeks tearing about)!! We were staying in one o ... 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