Perth Old and New

Buses, Trains and Fish and Chips in The Rain

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July 31st 2006
I started the day by trying to get some dawn photos of the city. I set-off early Kings Park and I was very pleased with the results. On the first full day we decided to go on the open-top bus tour round the city. This was an excellent tour up until it started to rain and we had to make a quick dash for the covered part of the bus before we got too wet. This took us all round the city and all t ... 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