Earth Views - WA, "State of Excitement, Westr...

About This Category

Places and sights from around the Earth, catalogued by location, including views and scenery natural and artificial, rural and urban, ugly and beautiful.

This gives a feel of what particular parts of the world are like.

See also Aloha Earth to zoom in on on a map of the Earth to locate exhibits, and our travel section.

• australia = .au, Oz, Down Under, Australie, Australien, Austrália, 澳洲 = The Australian continent, 7.7m km², ~18m people. See the country's official site, and also Australian Cartographic Resources on the Internet. Adjective sometimes "Aussie", "Ozzie", "Strine", "digger" or "antipodean".
• australia western australia = WA, "State of Excitement, Westralia = The locals are sometimes known as "Sand Gropers" by their fellow Aussies...
• australia western australia perth rottnest = An island 19km off the coast, and apparently teeming with huge "rats" (in fact the native quokka, a small wallaby!) causing the Dutch explorer De Vlamingh to name the island "Rat's Nest", ie "Rottnest".

Australia Western Australia Perth Rottnest Island beach 1 RAF.jpg ... Australia Western Australia Perth Rottnest Island from biplane tweaked 2 RAF.jpg

australia western australia perth

Thumbnail	Exhibit Name
	Australia Western Australia Perth Rottnest Island beach 1 RAF.jpg (Earth Views) australia = .au, Oz, Down Under, Australie, Australien, Austrália, 澳洲 australia western australia = WA, "State of Excitement, Westralia
	Australia Western Australia Perth Rottnest Island beach posterised 1 RAF.gif (Earth Views) australia = .au, Oz, Down Under, Australie, Australien, Austrália, 澳洲 australia western australia = WA, "State of Excitement, Westralia
	Australia Western Australia Perth Rottnest Island beach tweaked 1 RAF.jpg (Earth Views) "
	Australia Western Australia Perth Rottnest Island from biplane 1 RAF.jpg (Earth Views) australia = .au, Oz, Down Under, Australie, Australien, Austrália, 澳洲 australia western australia = WA, "State of Excitement, Westralia
	Australia Western Australia Perth Rottnest Island from biplane 2 RAF.jpg (Earth Views) "
	Australia Western Australia Perth Rottnest Island from biplane tweaked 1 RAF.jpg (Earth Views) "
	Australia Western Australia Perth Rottnest Island from biplane tweaked 2 RAF.jpg (Earth Views) "