Pat battling with the croc

Derby - a place of things BIG

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October 14th 2012
http://www.travelblog.org/Admin/Blog/gmap-entry.php?map_id=60524 Derby was a place of things BIG. There were BIG boabs, BIG tides, a BIG wharf, the BIG catch, the BIG chicken cook-off and the BIG trough to mention just a few.. On the way there we stopped for a coffee break at a very big boab tree. It was not hard to imagine such a tree with its big hollow ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Derby

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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