Esperance

Swirling seas, towering trees, bonza beaches and really big rocks

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December 15th 2009
Dec 16th - Dec 19th After gorging ourselves on chocolate and wine in Margaret River we headed back to nature and visited the place where the Southern and Indian oceans meet at the extreme south west point of Australia - Cape Leeuwin. We didn’t bother paying to go for a tour of the lighthouse, instead we risked getting blown out to sea by the strong winds around the point and looked ou ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Esperance

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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