Koala

Australia

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June 30th 2006
Here we are in Australia, wiping the red sand from our boots from the recently visited Red Center. We're currently in Perth on the West Coast of Australia - and very nice it is too, a nice place to shop and eat - which we're enjoying after visiting Ayre's Rock or Uluru as the locals prefer it. We have another 2 days here before heading off to Johannesburg, South Africa. The crime stats ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth » Perth City

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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