New Years Day

Australia - bushfires and dolphins

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January 10th 2016
After a few glitches over Christmas and New Year we made it to quiet Busselton - it's like a place where time is standing still. Everything closes at 1pm on a Saturday so no relaxing shopping sessions. However it has such charm and where we are is so close to the beach that any time of day is like paradise - not tropical paradise just a quietness with so few people around that often I walk the be ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Busselton

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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