I really liked Singapore. People seem to talk lots of its strict rules, but with few exceptions I think they are great rules for a civilised country. Take spitting and urinating in shop door ways - whats wrong with having rules against that?! Criticse it all you want, its safe, clean and a really pleasant place to go to. Also, its cheap. We foun...

After two weeks travelling in Tasmania i took a flight back to Perth, where my australia adventure began two months ago. At the moment I'll try to pick some work up here for the wicked health care system in the Netherlands nowadays. This also gives me some time to fins a reliable car and making some plans to go up north. The rain season has ende...

Woo-hoo, we're on holidays. Leaving Perth today (20th Aug) for Paris - via Singapore.

Left Perth, Emma, Tom, and Bel accompanying, Bel flew with me!

What is the deal Australia? I thought we were friends. I thought it was going so well between us. I loved your cute little strange ways and you embraced me in all your sun-drenched warmth. It was bliss. BLISS! I thought we could make it work. I thought this could be long term friendship. I had daydreams of me skipping down your white sand beache...

What a week (or so!) Another 7 days flies by with the usual work to be dealt with - no travel this week, leaving plenty time for office issues and evenings of squash and boot camp... The weekend was on us before we knew it (and a long weekend at that!) and it was time to get ready for the biggest event on the Australian sporting calendar - The A...

Es ging nun weiter Richtung Sueden in den Kalbari Nationalpark wo es ein paar schoene Schluchten zu besichtigen gab. Wir uebernachteten meist im Swag unter freien Himmel, auf 700 m.ue.M. wird es auch in Australien in der nacht ein wenig kuehl. Dann weiter nach Exmouth wo ich zum ersten mal in meinem Leben schnorchelte und gleich einen Hai (ca. 1...

Hi Everyone Well we've arrived in Austrailia, here's an update on our travels up the west coast from Perth to Exmouth............... We decided to use a bus company called Easy Rider to travel up the coast as it was a hop on hop off service that included some of the tours aswell. We stayed a couple of nights in Perth, then left on Saturday 4th M...

As mentioned in my first entry for the australia section, I was last in Perth in 1991. Generally the city is still the same, affluent, friendly and clean. No litter, no grafitti, no beggars or gangs of lads hanging around. All the money from the mining of gold, iron ore and coal and all fruit growing in West Australia comes through Perth, the st...

Last night we decided to complete our road trip across Australia by making the short trip north to Perth this morning. So after checking out of the Old Firestation backpackers and doing a little sightseeing around Fremantle, we headed into the world's most isolated city. As far as state capitals go Perth has a compact feel to it; and navigating ...