On this site we don't believe in stereotyping nationalities. It's lazy, and it's wrong. But it's funny. And if you go on an 8 day tour and people (broadly) follow these stereotypes, then we believe it can possibly make for amusing reading... Cast: England (Dave, Nicky from Bristol), Australia (A-M), Ireland (Bridgid), Germany (Alex), Switzerland (Corinna), Belgium (Christine), Old Dutch woman (Hetty), Young Dutch (Josie), Japan (Kossy) 0630 star...

Moved up to Perth in anticipation of our trip to Adelaide the following day. Met up with angie (ex LU) and had an enjoyable mini tour of Perth's waterign holes. The beer garden of 'Brisbane' was the highlight as it was a superb location for watching all the beautiful people trying very hard to be their coolest. We are lightweights these days so had to duck out after a poor showing of 5 hours. Found a good local vietnamese which bizarrely had George an...

Today we are headed off for Perth, in preparation for our trip across Australia to Adelaide which starts early tomorrow morning. So hopefully we'll be updating again in about 8 days time....

Went on the Fremantle Prison Tunnels Tour. The prison (no prisoners seen 1991) is now a cultural highlight of Western Australia (so we read). Played with their Find A Convict database (http://www.fremantleprison.com.au/history/history6.cfm). Are there convicts in your family? There were soom good stories there too - check this one out if you get time (http://www.fremantleprison.com.au/history/history32.cfm). Ben's sister was taking part in an art exhibition...

Checked out of the villa but didn't get ferry back to the mainland until the afternoon. Spent the day cycling and walking along beautiful beaches, before meeting up with Ben and Ali (http://www.werewines.com.au/) who were up from Margaret River. A very nice evening which included the world's largest plate of calamari and chips. Still adjusting to the price difference from Asia - prices for food seem much higher than the last time we were here. But everyth...