AUSTRALIAN PELICAN

A DAY AT ROTTNEST

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March 31st 2010
ROTTNEST ISLAND One of the most difficult things about cruising is choosing what to do in port. The choice was especially hard in Perth. This is a dynamic city and deserves a through look. The post is Fremantle. It also has an interesting history and a thriving night scene. But since my focus has been on wine and wildlife I chose to spend the day at Rottnest Island. A forty-minute ferry ... read more

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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