Perth in a long weekend !! Perth was really nice. It was much quieter and smaller than Melbourne. The beaches were really nice. We arrived on friday morning. As soon as we left the plane you could tell that it was much warmer than Melbourne. We eventually arrived at our hotel, after being scammed by the airport shuttle service, who only dropped ...

After four weeks and six states of Oz visited, I feel like I've covered a lot of this huge, diverse, beautiful country. Now it's time to move on to the African continent!

Well now that my birthday is in the height of summer (Yyipppppeeeeeeeeeeeee) I decided to have a pool party. January has been mighty hot with 25 days being above 36 degrees!! And then of course the weekend of my b'day they forecast thunder storms and showers!! Story of my bloody life. But thankfully the rain held off; it was 37 degrees but the h...

Hey All, So the past 10 days have been pretty cool. We headed down to Bunbury via train on the 6th. We were staying in a YHA hostel called the dolphin retreat. Was a nice small place with friendly people. I have to say that my opinion of Bunbury is not great. Theres very little to do there, and we went to the Dolphin Centre to see the dolphins a...

Tim is a fairly intelligent young man. He has his A Levels, a decent degree and is so organised that he has spreadsheets telling him what to do at 9.23 am on February 25th - and everything in between that. So imagine my surprise when checking in at Jo'Burg aiport only to find that Tim wasn't booked on my flight. His left the day after according ...

Tyrone (T Bone) picked me up at Perth airport in his car and we drove directly to Bunbury .Thanks again Tyrone. The drive from Perth to Bunbury is similar to a SE Qld country road. The soil seems to contain more sand than you would see in the eastern states and I'm guessing this is the reason Western australians are nick named "sand gropers". Bu...

I arrived in Perth after 28 long hours of flying from Santiago. Valentine and Ali picked me up at the airport, which was brilliant. It was such luxury to stay in their house for a few nights and they took such excellent care of me. Their new house is fabulous. I had my own double bed and bathroom, which was so nice. They also have the biggest co...

Hey guys! Right so here I am. Have left the girls now and after going on about it for ages, I have officially gone it alone! Am missing them like crazy already, after spending nearly 8 months solid with them, but its time I get out of my comfort zone and do something scary! Am off up the west coast tomoz for a week and then to work somewhere- st...

Oh my, quite a bit has happened since the last time i checked in. caddy- i miss you too and yes, it's f*ing hot here. like 30 degrees in the morning and then it gets a bit cooler with the wind and some clouds in the afternoon. bob- sorry i could be at the bar for your birthday (steve-o is too!) dale- HI! robbo and ryan - where are you dude? K, s...

Hello! I just thought I'd better let you all know that I have arrived safely in Australia, as has Liz. However, due to the crossing of several timezones yesterday was spent in a feverish state, not sleeping or eating. Fortunately, my personal nurse has ensured that a possible case of Malaria has been simply replaced by the realisation that it wa...