Backpackers International Perth

... middle of the outback. We actually drove past it thinking that there was more to see. We had arrived too late for the guided tour

and the flies were out in force. Instead of spending a day then the night there as we had planned we just had a coffee and moved on. One highlight might have been the character who arrived in the cafe in full cowboy outfit, on reflection he was probably for real, Aussie style is something else.

The day became more interesting when ...

... up to three trailers with a max length of 53 meters. What surprised us was the number of road kill, we saw so many kangaroos, emus and other animals at the side of the road.

As we moved further inland the small towns became even smaller and more deserted. But we did see live Emus, a couple of Kangaroos and a large lizard.

We did make good time and reached a place called Mount Magnet. Not only was this an old gold mining town but there was still mining ...

... differently in Perth; everything is done in the evening, so there is no running around in the morning meeting & greeting family. You do what you want in the day & meet up in the evening. We went to a few temples in the morning & then chilled out at Daksha’s & Harish’s. The afternoon was spent in spa in the garden, the sun was out, & there was a nice breeze, what a day! Then on to see family & the Perth ...

... off Richy the Kiwi by supporting Australia. He still bought us all a drink when New Zealand turned out to be the winners though!
Yes, for the second Sunday in a row we had a Sunday session at the hostel. After having gone out on the Northbridge tiles amidst flood warnings and livers full of Jagerbombs! There's quite a few of my hostel friends moving on this week so we went a little crazy this weekend. I don't really remember much from Saturday night ...

... cakap ada dolphins dekat belah kiri ferry. Wild dolphins! Excitednya aku. We managed to catch some videos, walaupun kejap tapi best sangat aku rasa. Wild dolphins lak tu kan bukan dolphins dekat zoo. Kemudian bermulalah our ferry ride dengan perlahan dan tenangnya ke Perth. Ada speed limit gamaknya selow betul ferry tu, orang berkayak or sailing pon senang-senang je ...

... It was fun living on an acre with an orchard and swimming pool (with Frank & Vicki), but our itchy feet were giving us problems again! A visit to a camping show put the idea into our head that this was a great opportunity to explore Oz. We had no commitments & what a huge country there was out there to see...

... to these new premises very recently. We were exhausted when we got back after the long hours of driving in hot temperatures! The next day we went to Rottnest Island which is beautiful, with many bays, sandy beaches, pretty little coves, the ocean varying clear green and blue colours, waves breaking over small reefs. We cycled round the island, about 20km. It was quite hilly in places, at least for a bicycle, had to walk up a few slopes, but we only had single geared bikes ...

... and was dragging herself up the beach to lay her eggs. Her tracks looked like giant tyre marks. We switched off our head torches so as not to frighten her and listened to her flippers thudding against the sand as she dug a deep chamber in which to lay her eggs. We left before she laid her eggs - we thought it best to leave her to it. The following day we got up early to catch the low tide so that we ...