Hotel Bambu Backpackers Perth

... culture is inflicting on our own animal companions?

Now it is time for me to get off my high horse. Everyone has a cause they care for. For me it happens to be animals. Having said that, I still enjoy a good steak, I drive a car, the computer I am typing on could be sold and provide food for a starving child in africa/homeless person in northbridge/puma in bolivia/cat in Shenton park and I don't do anything to support a large range of other ...

... drive around Mount Magnet. This was mainly on red dirt roads and took us to sites of old mining towns (unfortunately not much left to see) and peculiar granite rock formations that were good to see.

We then took the main highway to Geraldton, a coastal town.

At one of our comfort breaks we met an Australian truck driver. He was what we were told before to expect in the outback. He wore a cowboy type hat, had a massive grey beard, front teeth ...

... s. Magique!

Au départ, nous avions planifie de nous rendre jusqu’á Esperance, cap reconnu pour la beauté de ses eaux cristallines. Malheureusement, les distances sont vraiment grandes ici et le temps nous manquait. Nous avons donc décide de retourne en direction de Perth. En route nous avons fait un arrêt a la Wave Rock, énorme formation rocheuse à la forme de vague. Simon en manque de baignade a même tente de plonger ...

... impressive building of the Maritime Museum which is home to the famous Australia II yacht (on display with full mast and sail) and other boats of notoriety. Along side the museum building sits an Australian Submarine, Ovens, in dry dock upon which you can take a guided tour (unfortunately we missed out as the tours were already fully booked for the day).

The Shipwrecks Gallery, part of the Maritime Museum but in a different location, was the ...

... isn't bad AND they get lots of perks such as free accommodation and free flights for family etc., but you do have live in the middle of nowhere with unbearable temps in the summer and high humidity.

We drove into the Karijini NP and camped in Dales Gorge which is the real bush (or was to us) unfortunately we had a very large resident spider right next to the van......we did want to go back and request a spot without one but decided it would make us appear ...

Yes, the total trip on the train was 41 hours. Sleeping was not the most comfortable, but it was not too bad, and it was definitely something worth doing. It would have been better with a sleeper car where you get an actual bed, but on a backpacker's budget, you have to take what you can get. ;-) The trip gives you a good idea of how large Australia really ...

... bag of information that is excellent and gave Eric something to read. We took the walking tour and learned that Perth was founde by Capt. Stirling and because he needed money he went to Perth, Scotland and it was dictated that the name of this new development was going to be called Perth. Even back in the late 1800's money talked. The dicovery of gold here brought the camels from Afghanistan to help get equipment up and down from Kalgoorlie. Perth has a very interesting ...