Close encounters

Between Perth and Shark Bay 5th - 21d of september 2013

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September 26th 2013
'Here to the right', says Linda, my wife. Again I switch the wiper on instead of the blinker. As a Dutchman I am not accustomed to drive in a car with the steer at the righthand side. We are heading to the North. At the left side is the Indian Ocean, at the right the outback with a plethora of flowers. Every now and then we see kangaroos hopping in between the thickets, sometimes an emu ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia

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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