Wave Rock

Perth and South Western Australia

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February 15th 2007
Having been in Sydney for over a month I really fancied getting back on the road and visiting pastures new. I jumped on a 5 hour Qantas flight to Perth and to the last Aussie state I had yet to visit, Western Australia. I arrived in Perth mid afternoon and was bowled over by the heat, a really dry heat around the 35-40 degree mark, I had been warned it was a hot area. First day I didn't do too muc ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth » Perth City

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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