Tuesday was the day in which we were left to our own devices to explore the city. David had kitted us out with all the gear to go biking and so off we headed to Kings Park before finding the university to meet Laurence, a guy we`d both studied with at Loughborough. After taking a few wrong turns and finding ourselves in the middle of what looked like a freeway, we finally found the beautiful park, regarded as the best park in Australia. (For those of you that can...

We were treated to even more spectacular beaches of Perth on our drive upto Hilarys Marina on Sunday afternoon. City beach, Trigg beach amongst others but most pertinent was Scarborough beach! Ash was very excited to see the place and it did not disappoint. This place really does know how to do beaches! After a stroll around the shops David and Jo treat us to good old fish and chips, an ideal Sunday evening activity. That dreaded Sunday night feeling that many of...

So after a good tour around the Fremantle ('Freo') area by David Jo we got parked up at Leighton Beach. We had been able to see kites from some distance as we travelled along the beach roads so it was no surprise to see aorund 40 kites scattered along the bay. These guys weren't even competing, just having a sess and sucking up the daily 'Fremantle Doctor', one of the most consistent winds in the world! Hence kitesurfers inhabit pretty much every bay you pass ...