Aussie wildlife trivia We did not know how lucky we were to have seen an echidna in the early days of our trip. We had to stop the car for it to walk across the road but sadly by the time we found the camera it was off into the bush. Blithely we though that there would be plenty of other photo opportunities but the spiny creature has remained elusive ever since. The echidna or spiny anteater is an unusual creature with a beak like a bird, a pouch like a marsupi...

Perfect Perth A fifteen minute train ride this morning whisked us from Claremont where we are staying now in Bunty's unit, along the track to Perth City Centre. A perfect day of blue skies and sunshine really showed this city of green parks and Swan river waterfront off at its best. Our first stop was the Museum of Modern Art (part of the New York MoMA group). We enjoyed the visiting exhibition "From Picasso to Warhol", I do actually rather like those tins of C...

A Right Royal Show. We arrived back in Perth in time to spend a day at The Royal Perth Agricultural Show. Much like our shows but this one is so big it has it's own stop on the railway. We walked our socks off keen to visit every corner of the show. Attractions that particularly took our fancy were the regional displays, Margaret River being the star guest this year, the dog show, sheep herding, cavy judging, vintage farm machinery and so much more. Can you gues...

"A Bonzer Bank Holiday Weekend" They say that when you go out in WA in Spring you should dress to be prepared for all four seasons in one day. Well that's certainly been true for the past week. In just a few days we have experienced cold, wet and very windy and then just in time for the bank holiday weekend it has turned sizzling hot hot hot. Consequently our level of activity has waned a bit. Saturday saw us in the Settlers Arms at Margaret River. Most of the ...

"One for our grandchildren" Hello Mattie and Katy we thought of you today and wished you were with us to enjoy a ride on this little red train. It is not as good as the train at Pecorama but it was special as it took us over the sea to the end of a long jetty. Busselton Jetty is very old and is the longest wooden jetty on this side of the world. At over a mile long they needed a train to take goods to and from the big ships that used to sail here before it was p...