Day 2 of our driving tour...... Before leaving Margaret River altogether we decided to head out to watch the surfers in action on the beach - they are mental! Next stop was Cape Leeuwin lighthouse famous on 2 counts: 1. It's where the Southern and Indian oceans meet2. It's mainland Australia's tallest lighthouse with 176 steps to the top Before the introduction of technology the lighthouse was manned by 3 people who worked 4-5 hour shifts. There are 2 recorde...

Day 1 of our 3 day driving tour of South West Australia and we had a lovely white Toyota Corolla with the logo no birds all over it - make of that what you will!!! I had a bit of a panic when I first got into it and realised that it was an automatic (it's quite a while since I've driven one of those hey Dad) but after a few minutes tuition I was good to go. The roads down to the SW are great - straight, smooth and not too busy. Our first stop was Mandurrah where...

We had a litte panic on the plane coming into the country, as we had marked just about every box on the customs declaration form - we had shells, wooden items, muddy boots, had been near a river in the last 30 days and so on. We were certain that we were going to have to empty all our luggage at customs but when we arrived there and showed the women our card she pointed us to a scanner and conveyor belt - surely this was wrong!! Slightly shocked we had our luggag...

I was absolutely dreading this part of our trip to Borneo - the climb up Mount Kinabalu. We intentionally arrived one day early so we could acclimatise ourselves to the weather and altitude. We stayed in very very basic accommodation next to the entrance to the national park but it only cost MR50 for the room whereas the park was charging MR120 per person per night in their lodges!!! On our first day we decided to visit another national park attraction Poring Ho...

Sepilok is a tourist attraction because it is home to the world famous Orangutan Rehabilitation Sanctuary. Initially we were just going to visit the centre as a day trip from Sandakan but then we changed our minds and decided to stay a night in one of the hostel complexes on the edge of the forest. Our accommodation was really nice and situated in pretty gardens complete with deer and ducks. The cente has 2 orangutan feedings every day which it opens to the gener...