Having problems with our blog since updating the software on the iPad. Unfortunately I lost the last two entries on trying to upload them. Will get back to it when I have the patience to sort it out! H x

"Monks, Aborigines and Mega trucks part 2". One of WA's most unusual architectural sights is New Norcia, a monastic community dating back to the 19th century. This unexpected collection of Spanish inspired buildings in the Australian bush is part if a community founded by Benedictine monks in 1846 with the aim of converting the local Aborigines to Christianity. With its long and complex history and on the advice of Geraldine (Bunty's historian friend) we sign u...

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...