Sunset at Cottlesloe Beach

Finally on Aussie Land

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September 18th 2006
Here is a run down of our first week down under- We met our first local on the bus trip to Cottlesloe, the beach town just outside Perth, who told us a few tips of places to go and where not to go- he advised that we were going to the posh side off town and that the beach was the best around, great!! He was telling the truth, the beach was fab but the people were a little too cosy together (all l ... 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