Crewman Phil of the Steve Irwin

Perth, Western Australia

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November 19th 2010
Well, I'm on the move once more, currently writing from the State Library in Perth. It is a scorching +39 degrees today and hot all week so far! Yesterday, it was only +37 degrees and a nice pleasant day was spent at Cottesloe Beach, south of Perth with my Austrian friend, Doris. Three days ago, that very beach was closed when a 2.5 metre Great White shark showed up to run everyone out of the w ... 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