Criterion Hotel Perth

Perth &#8211; staying with friends seeing family, Perth CBD, Kings Park, John Forest National Park, Yanchap National Park, Whale Watching, Rottenness Island, Diwali &amp; New Year, <br><br>Erika take it away :).<br><br>Arriving in Perth all knackered from the past few days activities we had little Fareen chatting away nonstop throughout the journey, we stayed with family friends &amp; all I have to say is that they were brilliant. Daksha with ...

... to the "House Mama." She was delightful and E and her got on like a house on fire, even if an interpreter was required. She told us she had 16 children and 20 grandchildren! No wonder she's the House Mama! She made all the meals herself and they came from recipes held by the different tribes of the area. It was a great lunch and so filling. We all wanted to go back for seconds of the eggplant because it was just so awesome. Being in a banana plantation also meant we got to ...

... sure if there's a comment option on this blog but I expect to hear from you all at some point. I will also get a new sim card upon my arrival in Britain and post the number up on the blog for everybody. Texting me over there doesn't cost any extra.<br> <br> I've packed up my room, basically. My backpack is exceedingly full and probably won&#8217;t sustain the extra pair of socks and set of pants that I intend on ...

... looking out for us, showing us around, eating our appalling food and letting us spend time with our nephews. We hope you have a nice new shiny car by now ha ha :-) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<br><br>Stran ge things about Oz we've seen:<br><br>* The moon almost hits the ground in Australia, its very weird<br>* The stars, you never quite see them anywhere else like this<br><br>So with another country ticked off our list, we were off to country number 11....aka Heaven...<br>

... s legs are just long enough to kick the back of your chair for the duration. In my travels I have encountered all of these and more, so imagine my delight, nay UTTER JOY at boarding the 11pm flight from Hong Kong to Perth and finding that I was eated in a row of four seats with NO ONE ELSE..... Hallelujah. I was plotting my movie watching action and calculating whether my feet would stretch all the way to the end of four seats before we even took ...

... huge sting rays that were very impressive. The highlights though were the jellyfish, which were beautifully illuminated and behind glass; and the big octopus which was really active and using all his legs and suckers in a kind of glass-dance - it was great to see! Then we headed back to Christopher's for a quick re-fuel before heading out to Yanchep National Park, about half an hour up the coast. So we parked up and walked down to the ...

... Marcus were there to meet us, which was great, and everything packed into their huge Suburban before they drove us to Prowse Mansions in Doubleview. Their new home is absolutely fantastic and works completely for their lifestyle and family needs. You need to see it to truly appreciate the cleverness of the design, which gives them loads of flexible and useable space, both inside and out and also the eye for detail, which they have ...

... commuters; as it is summer the water was busy with racing yachts and there were a couple of near-misses with the ferry. One boat was appropriately called 'Clewless' but the one that got the loudest derisive cheer from the ferry passengers was the one boldly labelled 'Australian Army Sailing Club'. This was clearly visible as they wobbled about uncomfortably close to the ferry, let's hope they got themselves sorted before the huge tanker ...