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Oceans Apart

The Indian in the distance and the Southern in the foreground, meet off the Cape.
Wine, Freo & Bye to Aus

February 10th 2010
Another cool night gave way to a lovely day and we headed off to our next destination, Margaret River. This was not a particularly long trip so on the way we stopped off at Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse. The lighthouse, which was built in 1895, is open for tours (although not when we were there!) and guards one of the most treacherous coastlines in the world. We didn’t stay as long as we would have ... read more
Oceania » Australia » Western Australia

Australian Flag 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
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