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Gibson Soak Hotel

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November 19th 2012
At one of Greg’s regular Friday lunches he had heard of this wonderful place to eat, just north of Esperance. After a couple of emails and an internet search, we knew that we had to visit the Gibson Soak hotel for dinner. The hotel was set up to service the traffic between Esperance and the goldfields when 22km was a day’s travel by horse cart, so it had a rich history. Although there was no ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Esperance

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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