Western Australia is awesome! In the last week we have made our way 1000km up the coast north of Perth and seen some truly spectacular scenery and more wildlife than you would see in ten years at the night safari! After we picked up our van (which is a cross between the scooby doo van and a viz magazine, if you haven't seen the pictures) it took us a while to get going as I kept forgetting I was no longer driving an automatic. The first day we made it to Ce...

G'day everybody! (sorry, it had to be done). Arrived in Oz yesterday and walked straight in to a country gripped by an ashes frenzy. Mixed reviews in the papers for their chances today, especially after strauss, pietersen and freddie scored a few runs in the latest warm up match. Good to see that Ian Bell is not wasting any runs though - am sure he is saving them all for the test matches. Perth is a nice, but strange city. Apparantly there are 1.7 million peo...