Flowers in King's Park

May 30th 2006
Perth is the capital of Western Australia, a state that's almost the size of India but with a population of less than 2 million - three quarters of whom live in Perth. The geographical isolation of the city can perhaps best be appreciated by considering that it's closer to Singapore than it is to Sydney. Though I would have ventured over to this part of the world anyway, it was given added inter ... 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

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John McCabe

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I quit the rat race in 2005, after working as an IT project manager for over a decade. I then travelled around the world for 4 years, a period of my life which is covered by this blog. After finishing my trip, I wrote a book about my dissatisfaction with my career, my reasons for quitting my job, life as a first-time thirtysomething backpacker, and finally the lessons learned from being exposed to experiences and people that I would never have encountered if I'd stayed in my office. The book is called "Out Of Office Male" and is available at all the usual eBook outlets. I took a ... full info

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