Di on her bike

11th Feb 2011 A day at Rottnest Island

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February 12th 2011
An early start saw us taking the 8.00 ferry from Hillarys Marina to Rottnest Island. The crossing is about 19 km and took about one hour and was quite choppy, and they were handing out sick-bags on the journey, although we felt no ill-effects from the crossing. Once we had landed we hires bikes and snorkelling equipment, and set out to find a nice cove. The journey on the bikes included some hi ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth

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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