G'Day Everyone! Today, we packed up our picnic basket and wine and headed to our church's annual Ukrainian Day picnic in Kings Park!  This was the perfect setting for dinner as the daytime temp's reached 37 Celcius!  The directions were simple enough, just had to locate the Ukrainian Flag!  However, with hundreds of coup...

Well I just flew home from work today as I work up north, off the coast of Derby, Western Australia. I work on a little island called Koolan Island for BGC Contracting who has an Alliance with Mount Gibson Iron and we mine iron ore. It's such a beautiful part of the world and I always feel guilty when I see how much damage we do. But any way my ...

It's been a while since I've been in touch with the blog aud!  Lots to report!  For starters, I had to get my arse out of Melbourne and into Western Australia, (WA) for "Chrissy", what the Aussies have shortened Christmas into.  This is a good story:  originally, my flight was booked for the 24th December, but I changed it to...

G'Day Everyone!! The Festival of Christmas is upon us!  With less than three weeks before Christmas, Perth and the surrounding suburbs are alive with the Christmas Spirit!  Concerts and pageants are being held all around the city!  On Friday evening, we took the opportunity to attend the City of Perth 'Festival of Christmas' ...

G'day all you Poms :] Just an update on aussie life in the past week or so... I wouldnt recommend to anyone to come out here, its not been all that great recently. Sat we were dragged kicking and screaming to the beach by Mark for a few tinnies in the sun. It must have been a good 32, and having to sit on the white sand looking over the clear bl...

We have landed in a very cold Perth.  Now I am in Australia I will try and get the photos sorted in the next month, promise........ We have been on 2 tours 1 up to the pinnacles desert and Monkey Mia (good weather) and the other down to Albany and the Margaret River ( rainy weather and cold).  Both were very different but all good. We ...

Mum and Dad made it here safe and sound in the early hours of the 9th of October, unfortunately due to flight delays their baggage did not. Luckily within 24 hours it had arrived at the house and all worries were allayed! Once we'd all woken up on the Sunday morning, we drove up to King's Park for some fresh air on a glorious sunny day, although...

01/05/06 Jim: Hello there folks. Well a little more from me. As i said I'm now in Perth, arrived on Sunday. We stopped along the way at a place called the Pinacles Desert. If you have seen Billy Connolys world tour of Australia you will be familiar with the place as its where Billy goes running around naked!! No nakedness from me though!! Its a ...

Well it's a sad day, as I'm leaving for Cairns tonight and I have to farewell the west. I love it here. Anyone who comes, come here. It's a must. The roadtrip! Barbara, Anwen, and I hired a car on Tuesday morning and left at 11 for Lancelin, 130km north of Perth. We got there and checked into the Lancelin Lodge YHA. It's pretty much a place for ...

That time arrived and I finally had to accept that I was turning 32. I tried to work it around time zones to get the longest as a 31 year old but it was not to be... Since this was my first Birthday in Australia I decided we should do something a bit Auzzie instead of the usual drinking session that has stood us in good stead for the last 13 yea...