Lake Thetis

Sunday Nov 26, 2017

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November 26th 2017
The day trip to the Pinnacles Desert from Perth was a long one, but very much worth it. As we drive on the Pinnacle Desert trail and began to see the vast expanse if these mysterious mounds, it was one of these WOW! moments. As Marion observed, this looked like another planet. Imagine a very sandy, hot desert, the kind you see in movies, then superimpose a very large number of pillar-like objects ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth

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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