Mercure Hotel Perth

... and I are all sitting<br>in my room chatting. This makes me think back to Palace life and all<br>the times we used to sit on each others beds and natter. Special<br>special times.<br><br><br><br>I pack up my stuff and we<br>head to the internet briefly before sitting at the bar munching my<br>steak burger sipping on Blonde. Chatting with Sarah I discover that<br>she will be leaving Meeka the day before Pete flies home and that it<br>might be possible for me to fly back on that day too ...

... a couple of nice size pink snappers and are pleased to say our tiny little camper van freezer is full of snapper fillets. We did have to throw out some frozen vegetables to make room for the fish though. That's our fish story this week. <br><br>Shark Bay, along with other National Parks have ongoing conservation projects to re-establish healthy numbers of threatened and endangered animal species. At Shark Bay a fox eradication scheme was successful and ...

... I can forget this is where we saw the famous Quoka's (sorry for my spelling as I really have no clue how to spell this one) We have managed to eat some great oysters here too and I have discover quite a nice cider too Pipsqueak thanks so Nick. <br>Veronika also had another friend over Ala so us free girls went for a day trip to chocolate factory and few wine and cheese tasting. It was great.<br>

... for work rather than travelling. Again there are hardly any Brits out here; mainly Japanese and Germans/Dutch.<br><br>So far have been to King's Park, which is this gorgeous park on the top of the hills which looks out over the city and river. To Fremantle, which was much larger and tackier than the guide books suggest, but does the best fish and chips this side of the southern hemisphere! Been up the amazing Bell Tower which is a ...

... i woke up on my first day i haphazardly and rather jetlaggedy headed out to find it. sat by the swan river and listened to the bell tower and tried (and failed) to get a phone and open my bank account. <br>the hostel is pretty lively though so spent my first proper night drinking in the bar, hurting my finger on trapped doors, and spreading my stuff all over the room! <br><br>friday wandered round the city some more. there was a lone man in the middle of the main ...

... a couple of days down south to Margaret River and beyond to Cape Leeuwin. This is the very tip of South West Australia where the Indian and Southern Oceans collide (see separate blog entry for the photos). <br><br>Not just a test drive of the campervan but a test drive as to how we were going to cope living in a tin can on wheels with one another 24-7 over a 5 week period. Needless to say we had a whopping argument the first night.....we'll leave it ...

... Gill and husband Dave; now started a busy few days exploring this great city and surroundings. <br><br>It was Easter Weekend and I was invited to join Gill and Dave to their son's house for a family lunch. Really delicious and lovely to be with them all.<br><br>Easter Saturday and Gill opted to take me on a visit to Kings Park, one of the few hills in Perth (I do miss my mountains!!) Kings Park is a 4.06-square-kilometre (1 ...

The beginning of the end Autumn is here, the clocks have gone back and there is a nip in the air. When we were standing on the most extreme south-west point of Australia with the wind blowing around, it could easily have been Land's End. We had previously travelled from Perth to Albany - a lovely place which was built on whaling and then ...

... come fogli di carta fa si che quando fuori fa caldo, la casa diventi un forno, e quando fuori fa freddo, diventi un frigorifero. La zona dove si trova la casa non e' migliore delle sue condizioni: Burswood, East Perth, uno dei quartieri piu' malfamati della citta', c'e' un furto praticamente ogni sera, e girare da soli di notte e' quantomeno rischioso. Ma almeno e' a sole due fermate di treno dal centro e c'e' una fermata dell'autobus proprio davanti alla porta di casa, oltre ad un ...

... mining tour of WA was Newman. For those of you who don't know where this is, Google Maps is your best friend right about now. Contrary to popular belief Newman is not right in the middle of WA, but 560km south-east of Karratha. It's also 1180km north-east of Perth deep in the iron ore Pilbara region. Mt Whaleback is the biggest iron ore mine in the southern hemisphere and the photos I took don't do this place justice. I went for two ...