The "good-times train" pulled into Perth after a few hours drive North from Margaret River and parked at base camp for the Perth segment of the trip; Morgan and Steph's Scarborough Beach Bungalow. The famous Perth sunshine and warm weather were in full effect and we spent the late afternoon and evening on the beach watching a legitimate West Coast Australia sunset over the Indian Ocean; check that box!! That night was a lovely one and we decided to fire up a pe...

If I were to tell myself a year ago that when we returned to Australia this time around we'd be able to rally a crew of 19 people all the way across the country to Margaret River, Western Australia for a wine tasting extravaganza to celebrate Gina's 30th birthday; I would have believed it entirely. That's not to sound cocky at all; in fact it's way more of a reflection on the friends we have then anything to do with us... That's just, for lack of a better term, ...

After saying goodbye to Becky and Caity we hit the road for our road trip back down to Perth; this time via the more liesurly and scenic coastal route. We ended up about 4 hours down the road in the small coastal town of Kalbarri where, after pricing a few hotels, we found accommodation in the local YHA Hostel. We got 2 beds in a 16 bed dorm; hellish sounding I know...but lucky for us we had the room to ourselves. Strange, but awesome. There isn't much to do in...

Coming off a massive wedding weekend; the trip to Monkey Mia, WA which would be long under normal circumstances became almost superhuman. To compound the 7:10am flight was the fact that the clocks changed over night meaning Adrian and I were up frequently through the night to check our watches to make sure we weren't over sleeping. We made it on time to catch the 5 hour flight, but the flight was bumpy and altogether a rough trip. However, arriving in Perth at 1...