Freemantle 033

Australia Behind Us

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March 2nd 2011
Wednesday March 2nd, 2011 Indian Ocean Latitude 27 degrees 47 minutes’ south- Longitude 113 degrees 11 minutes’ east Indonesia lies to the north and from where we are now it seems distant, foreign and foreboding. Off our starboard rail is Australia and it seems familiar and quite wonderful. Like an old friend that you have not seen in a very long time, as soon as you are together again, i ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Fremantle

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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