We've spent the last couple of weeks house/dog sitting in Perth, and it was lovely to be in a proper house for Christmas to we could cook a proper Christmas dinner and skype home - even though it was really weird celebrating Christmas when it was around 35 degrees! We haven't really done anything special, it's just been good to relax and settle down for a bit, and make use of the proper internet while we have the chance. We have, however, planned and booked the r...

We're back in Perth now for the final time before we leave WA for good in January. For our first 4 nights we were staying in a hostel in the city, so we made use of the free bus service to do some last minute shopping for Christmas, got ourselves some good bargains (even though we only have each other to buy presents for!). We also made use of our free time to finally visit Caversham Wildlife Park, which is a wildlife park in the north of Perth that only houses A...

We left Mandurah and drove north to Rockingham, the last stop on our camping road trip around WA! Once we got there we visited the shopping centre to have a look around the shops, before driving to the town centre to have a look around. we also had a really delicious cake and coffee at a cafe on the seafront. The next day we got up early to visit Penguin Island, an island 5 minutes off the coast of Rockingham which is home to 1000 Little Penguins - the smallest p...

We drove up the coast to Mandurah and as it was really hot we decided to go to the shopping centre for lunch - unfortunately we got a bit lost on the way, but we finally got there and enjoyed the air conditioning. Luckily our campsite had a swimming pool, so we spent the afternoon relaxing in the shade. The next day we went into the town centre and walked along the foreshore, then went to see the war memorial. We also saw 2 dolphins swimming in the estuary! Next ...

We drove north to Bunbury, the third largest city in WA (which isn't saying much as it only has around 30,000 people so it's still smaller than Guernsey!). We found a nice campsite just outside of town which was also very cheap, then went into town to book onto a dolphin swim tour for the next day. It was pretty hot (27 degrees lovely!) so we spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing by the pool. The next day we were up early to get down to the Dolphin Discovery C...