Mercure Hotel Perth

... before we headed in different directions, me back to Giraffe Manor and the others back to Kivi Milimani. I returned to feed a few more giraffe (Kelly again, who I also fed at the Centre!) and got to watch the 2 younger ones. Patrick is just starting to approach the house while Daisy III isn't up to that yet but instead she runs around the paddock like a nutter, every now and then darting into the trees up the back before ryshing onto the paddock again. Apparently Patrick ...

... anything. Rejecting the idea of a quick kangaroo/wallaby hunt and barbie, we resigned ourselves to the fact that we would have to go hungry.
Many kilometres more and we reached the Nambung National Park, and its key attraction, the Pinnacles Desert.
Fortunately, we were able to walk around and amongst the stones, rather than following the vehicle trail, and to marvel at this, hitherto unexplained, natural phenomenom. Thoughts ...

... br>BRUSSELS - BRUGES
BRUGES - PARIS
PARIS - BASEL
BASEL - ROME
ROME - SIENA
SIENA - VENICE
VENICE - ROME
ROME - DUBLIN
DUBLIN - EDINBURGH
EDINBURGH - LONDON
LONDON - KL
KL - PERTH

Phew!! All that in 6 weeks... busy busy!!

Any tips, ideas for those places, give me a buzz!

... br>before catching a train to glendalough where Hamish picked us up. We
then went out to an Irish pub and had pints followed by dinner at an
italian resturaunt with Hamish and Alison and two of their friends
Nat and Malcom from NZ. Bryden ate his first dish of muscles. You
should have seen his face. I dont think he was very impressed.

... 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...

... When I told Sheila & Margaret about this they weren't surprised, they said I only look 16 (seriously) so they wouldn't have let me in without ID either. The next day Sheila's brother & his wife took us all to Kings Park, then showed us all the posh houses on the Swan River & then to Freemantle which was really nice & we had lunch in a brewery/ pub which sold beer that tasted like Turkish Delight. Grandad tried kangaroo meat & loved it, he said ...

... only see them with the mask. We had a good day, but lots of fresh air and excercise, meant Saturday was MY day of rest. We still have another week here, but will be moving Caravan Parks on Tuesday to central Perth (cos of the Easter Break) and will do some sight seeing in Perth (Kings Park) the Mint (They have a wheel too) etc. etc. And maybe a little retail therapy, due to a special day on the 8th !!! Enjoy the photos The Krakatinny Travellers

... a lot, but i've met some amazing people. The people in our room are all from Oz so they have shown us the ropes, including the cheapest booze to buy. They are all, admittedly raging alcoholics and a bit simple but i've grown fond of them. Tomorrow we leave early to collect our camper van from Perth to travel 2500 miles in 21 days to Darwin. Im very excited! Giles: So now we're in Australia, country number 7 (counting Singapore). Doesn't ...

... because I am jet lagged, hungry and this computer is so slow! I can't do much till the morning as no shops are open. The hostel is really cool because its like an old house with really hight clings and with literally multi coloured walls. Must go get sleep. Cya!

... at around 1pm which we thought would be copious amounts of time, however, upon arrival there was barely a patch of grass to be had! We squeezed ourselves into a prime location with a direct view of the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge and began our long wait of 11 hours in 31 degrees! We had come equipped with books and a huge supply of food but still managed to buy 6 ice lollies! There was firstly a family display at 9pm which was magnificent in itself but when ...