Happy 40th Birthday Hutt River Province! I had my passport inspected and stamped and have just made my first international trip this year, all without even leaving the country. I have been on a pilgrimage to Hutt River Province, about 65 km north of Geralton in Western Australia, which will be 40 years old on the 21 st of April, 2010. Over the weekend of the 24 th and 25 th of April, Hutt River will be a lively place with pipe bands and brass bands, knightings, bush dancing and rides for the children. It will also be Prince Leonard and Princess Shirley’s 63 rd wedding anniversary. You do not expect to find a Sovereign Kingdom in the middle of the Australian Outback Here's where to get your passport stamped Apart from the new Chapel, the Government Offices and the Souvenir Store, Hutt River doesn’t look all that different to any other outback farm - a few run down buildings, a tractor or two, the sound of a generator humming in the background, except for the tour buse...
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