the rooster woke us upat 3am!!!!! but then it shut up thank god...our work today consisted of more pruning from 9ish til 11.30-12ish. then a wkd trip to the beach at jurien bay where we went for a swim in the clear blue indian ocean (not a bad way to spend your saturday afternoon). we had a quick tour of the town of jurien bay which is like a ultra modern neighbours set, everything is pristine! this evening we went to the Pinnacles, approx 47km from the farm, whe...

today we had a second ecounter with the dreaded species known as the rooster. we had set our alarm for half 6, because we had to be up for our first day of 'work', but we woken up way before by you know who. we started at 8ish with some sheering of trees, steve's practice from home came in handy!! cheers dad lol weworked til 10ish then went back for a cup of milo(an aussie version of nesquik). we then went to a different area of trees and worked til about 1ish it...

we got on the buss this mornng at 8.15am which menat a very early start espcially as the people in our dorm got up at 5.30 to go 2 work (crazy germans) the bus ws a bit late (auzzie time) and the bus driver was a riot. watchd a film got aquainted with the local flys at the lunchtime service station and arrived in cervantes just after 12. it was a bp station in the middle of nowhere with a phone box....and the bus left! luckily we had emailed the lovelands ( the p...

we went for a walk today on the swan river however the waether must have caught up with us from the uk as we had showers and the temp was frezzing it hit below 20degrees! yuck. had a stroll round the city centre again past a few places we recognised. the big issue guys are friendly here one made a funi comment about bekis very touristic green auzzie cap with a kangaroo crossing sign on. bargin at $2. beki has picked a habit of walking in circles which is really a...

valentines day. we got the bus into town and up to kings park where we had a romantic walk around the park and botanical gardens with views overlooking all of perth it was spectacular. we then went for a sandwhich into town and got the bus bakc in time for tea. then got 2 buses to the beach where we saw the sunset whilst ealing chocky and strawberries. it was beautiful and romantic. what a lovley day.