Rottnest Island, near Perth, Western Australia, which was discovered & named in 1697, by Willem de Vlamingh, a Dutch sea captain, who also named the Swan River, after the black swans which are Western Australia's State Emblem. Quokkas are only found on Rottnest Island, & when we visited this famous place, in 2009, one particularly cheeky Quokka, named Terence by the café staff, was hanging around there, perhaps looking for something different for lunch .
Duluth, Minnesota
"I'm on Aslan's side even if there isn't any Aslan to lead it. I'm going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn't any Narnia." ~ Puddleglum, The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
Hyderabad, India, the capital & largest city of the state of Telangana.
De Smet, South Dakota. A small rural prairie town once home to Laura Ingalls Wilder and her family.
"I'm on Aslan's side even if there isn't any Aslan to lead it. I'm going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn't any Narnia." ~ Puddleglum, The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
Traverse City [Michigan, USA]
God rest you merry, gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay.
Remember Christ our Savior
Was born on Christmas Day
To save us all from Satan's pow'r
When we were gone astray.
Yass, New South Wales, Australia
"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed."
(Prince Caspian)
Saskatchewan, a province/state of Canada
There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."
Neptune [Saskatchewan, Canada]
God rest you merry, gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay.
Remember Christ our Savior
Was born on Christmas Day
To save us all from Satan's pow'r
When we were gone astray.
Elk River, Minnesota, USA
"I'm on Aslan's side even if there isn't any Aslan to lead it. I'm going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn't any Narnia." ~ Puddleglum, The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
Regina [New Mexico, USA]
God rest you merry, gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay.
Remember Christ our Savior
Was born on Christmas Day
To save us all from Satan's pow'r
When we were gone astray.
Arden Hills, Minnesota, USA
"I'm on Aslan's side even if there isn't any Aslan to lead it. I'm going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn't any Narnia." ~ Puddleglum, The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
Southampton, a port in the south of England.
There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."
Northampton, also in England but not a port!
"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed."
(Prince Caspian)
Nepean Valley, the surrounding district of Penrith, in New South Wales, Australia, where I live.
Yellow River, a major river in China.
There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."