Scoop
June 1st, 2001
In the early 1820’s, the British knew they had to claim the west coast for themselves. As Malcolm Traill, local studies librarian for the City of Albany explains, ’It killed two birds with one stone to claim the west before the French did and take up some of the overflow of convicts from Sydney and Melbourne.’
June 1st, 2001
Most of us who live in the city rarely get the chance to see the stars and night sky from a remote desert, let alone do it for a living. Greg Quicke, originally from southern forest country, is one of the lucky ones. He speaks softly, with a calm, unhurried manner that seems to befit life in the far north.
June 1st, 2001
What prompts an intelligent, business-minded woman to love Llamas? When owner/manager Wendy Fandry found herself in charge of a 30 acre property in the beautiful Perth Hills following her divorce, she had no way of knowing she’d be creating an icon.
June 1st, 2001
According to experienced Swan River tour guide Danielle Cashmore, river cruises in particular are an experience that aren’t appreciated nearly enough by locals. “It’s the general consensus that people don’t see where they live.” she says, “Most river cruise customers are tourists.”
June 1st, 2001
Opened in 1994 and due for a landscaping facelift worth over $100,000, the Cut has restored the Estuary’s former glory as home to thousands of migrating wetland birds, abundant marine life and of course, the irrepressible dolphins.
June 1st, 2001
Fanny found herself at the lip of a yawning crater filled with weathered stalactites and fallen boulders, some fifty metres across and plunging thirty metres deep.
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