Final morning in Australia. Thanks to help at the train station we got to the airport on public transport for only $4.40 each - bargain. Unfortunately we can't say bargain for the trip to Oz generally. It's noticeably more expensive than the UK (pint of beer ranged from $5 to $11.50 so £2.50 to £6.00) and after Vietnam seriously pricey. We spent £1500 in 15 days and hotels averaged out at £100 a night but it was a struggle to get good choices for that budget ...

This our last full day in Freo and indeed Australia. We booked a walking tour for 10am so up nice and early for us. Freo has some issues with its larger neighbour Perth and the tour guide made sure we knew we were in a city in its own right and NOT a suburb of Perth. The tour took in all the main sights you would expect, prison, 1970's car park, prison warders office and home, the site of the original shore line, prison officers quarters and the oldest structure ...

First thing we saw when we got off the plane was our next adventure - flights to Antarctica - yes Perth really is that far from anywhere. Got into the apartment around 12:30 last night. Straight to bed as it was 3:30 Sydney time. Looking forward to a lie in but the 2 hour thunder storm at 6am put pay to the idea. Got up and went for breakfast in the cafe downstairs, basically to get their wifi code. The search for free wifi is never ending. Loped around Freo (as...

Final day in Sydney. It's a late flight tonight to Perth so we took advantage of the Sunday morning late checkout. Walked down to the harbour with the intention of catching the ferry to Manly. It appears we weren't the only ones with that bright idea and there was a massive queue. There was a cruise liner in so we decided all the passengers had swapped their big boat for a smaller one. To let the rush die down we went to bridge lookout. You climb up one of the br...

Today we divided and conquered: David did the Bondi to Coogee cliff top walk and Yvonne did the shops. David The first obstacle was getting from Bondi Junction train station to Bondi Beach. The guidebook suggested a bus at the train station would whisk you to the beach in 15 mins, what it didn't mention was the 20000 other people with the same plan causing chaos at the station. Not wanting to wait David decided to use his treking skills and bushcraft knowledge ...