Gantheaume Point

1st September 2012 (Broome)

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September 1st 2012
Days on the Road = 63 Days (9 Weeks) The Shinju Matsuri Festival continues today with a Dragon Boat Race down at Town Beach so that's where we're heading to this morning. First stop though we are taking Trevor to the famous Cable Beach. Cable Beach actually derived its name from the telegraph cable that was installed between Broome and Java in 1889. It is just bea ... 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