By sydney harbour bridge

Chrisie

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January 12th 2012
We had, as you may remember, a lovely time house-sitting for an artist in the bush in the run up to Christmas; we arrived in Fremantle (it claims to be Perth's sister city, but really its arty and upmarket suburb) on the 23rd into the welcoming arms of Liz, Nigel and their three (grown up) children. They're friends of my parents, but I hadn't laid eyes on them for, we worked out, preci ... 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