Rottnest Island

Day 69 - Rottnest Island

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June 15th 2015
Well Rottnest Island today. It was a very cold start to the day and somewhat stupidly we continued to refuse to wear something other than shorts during the day. Its that need to hang onto our continous summer... But today we did pay a price for that. We ended up pretty cold to the bones. No fun... We boarded the Rottnest Express in Fremantle. They are pretty nice boats and once we boarded we we ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Rottnest Island

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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