We left Coolgardie around 8.15 and drove on stopping at Belladonia to fill up with fuel and have lunch. Then on to Cocklebiddie where we arrived around 4 pm. Along the way we are listening to Peter Fitzsimon's book of The Batavia. We saw a lot if the history of the shipwreck in Geraldton so we are enjoying the book. We are up to CD 6 and there are 14. We are in a drive through park tonight and we had a shower in the van again and dinner in the restaurant.

It was a nasty morning when we left Perth with heavy rain, heavy traffic and uphill so it was slow going for our departure. We drove to Coolgardie and arrived around 4 pm. We checked in at the Coolgardie Caravan Park and went to the IGA for water. Had a shower in the van and ventured to the Denver City Hotel for dinner. Had a drink in the bar and were the only two in the dining room for dinner - we both chose the scotch steak which was served with salad and chip...

After brekky we headed off towards the coast road and drove south through Scarborough, City Beach and stopped at Cottesloe. There we went to Indiana's Tea Rooms for a coffee - a really nice coffee. Then drove through Claremont and Nedlands and on into the city. Went shopping for a few things and had a nice lunch. We then went out to Larissa's around 2 pm as we promised to collect the kids from school and see their school and class rooms. They all showed us around...

I did a couple of loads of washing early but one of my sheets came out dirty so I took some over to Larissa's to do. Isabella wanted to make chocolate mousse for dessert tonight so I helped her with that while Gerry gave Adam a hand moving stuff off the front lawn. We took the two little ones in to Scitech with Larissa while Adam took Isabella and Lucy to dance class. Around 2 pm we all met up for Yum Cha which was really yummy as we were all pretty hungry by the...

We got up at 6 am and left Toodyay by 7 am to get to Perth in time for Isabella's netball game. We found our way to the Karrinyup Waters Resort and unhitched the van and went to Larissa and Adam's. Had a quick look at their renovations which look fantastic and went to netball where Isabella played a great game. Went back to their place for lunch and about 3 pm Adam, Isabella, Patrick, Gerry and I went to a pub to watch Sydney play Hawthorn which turned out to be ...