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Affichage des articles du juillet, 2010

Beach - Cottesloe

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A panorama of the Cottesloe beach by the Indian Ocean, my housemate's friend Kathleen & a wave breaking on the shore

Freo by night

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Night sky by the Notre-Dame University, where my three Australian housemates study. Sunset on the Indian Ocean by Fremantle port. The two lighthouses mark the entrance to the harbour and were installed around 1902, although they have had some changes since then.

Caversham Wildlife Park: Reptiles

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A python, some scaly lizards enjoying the sun and a baby crocodile

Caversham Wildlife Park: Kangaroos

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Caversham Wildlife Park: Koalas

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Koala means "one that never drinks". They live exclusively on eucalyptus plants, which give them very little energy. For this reason (and not, like some people think, because they are stoned or drugged by the plant) they sleep 20 hours a day. They spend the rest of the time eating and cleaning themselves by rubbing their fur with these big claws they have.

Freemantle: earth, sea & fire

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UWA Arts & Human Sciences faculty peackocks

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This is one one of the 6 peacocks living on campus. There are currently 2 males (one of them in the pictures above) and 4 females, one of which is entirely white. For some reason, they all chose to settle on the Arts & Human Sciences faculty, which is mine...

Join the half-assed crew!

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On the Swan River with the housemates!

Good boys go to heaven, bad boys go to...UWA!

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Some pictures of the Hackett Hall at the University of Western Australia, Perth. The Hackett Hall has been built in 1932, as well as the reflection pond. Workers went on strike halfway through the completion of this pond. The administration was quite despaired by this and didn't know what to do. At their surprise, the day after the strike stroke, they found students voluntarily finishing the construction of the pond.

Everybody knows that BIRD is the WORD!

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Those are the black swans who gave its name to the Swan River. However, theses pictures have been taken on the Lake Claremont, in West Perth.

Ya lookin' at me?!

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B-B-B-Bird, Bird, Bird is the word!

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Some birds you may see in Kings Park, Perth

Perth Bell tower

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