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Rockingham Gateway Your complete guide to Rockingham W.ACarnac Island Carnac Island is an A Class nature reserve approximately 10 kilometres south west of Fremantle , Western Australia. In 1803 French explorer Louis de Freycinet, captian of the Casuarina named the island Ille Pele ( Bald Island ). It was also nown as Ille Levilian and later Pulo Carnac . In 1827 , James Stirling changed it's name to Carnac Island in honour of John Rivett Carnac, an officer of his ship HMS Success The island is home to Australian Sea Lions, Bottlenose Dolphin s and a large range of marine bird life. It is particularly noted for the abundance of snakes, particularly Dugites, Tiger snakes which live on the island. For this reason, very few people venture onto the island. Add your siteAdd your site to our search engine by filling out the add me form, we will send our spider off to spider your site, please add your web site link and pages you wish spidered along with your current email address so we can inform you that your site has been added to our search engine. |
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