The whales

Whale Watching, Augusta

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June 21st 2005
Humpback Whales The 3 hour outting cost $50 and we went, wondering if we'd get out money's worth... Luckily we arrived in Augusta as the whales were migrating down the east coast. After a while on the boat, we saw a group of whales quite far away, so I got snapping! It was easy to capture the whales because they spray from their waterhole before they surface. But I found it more di ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Margaret River

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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