"A Picnic in the. Park" Our penultimate day in Australia found us packing a picnic and heading for Kings Park. We spent a couple of hours here last month and vowed to return if we could. Over looking the city of Perth and at over 1000 acres there is plenty to see and do. The spring flowers were looking at their absolute best under the blue skies as we walked through the botanic gardens, over the treetop walks, climbed the tower for fab views and then plunged in...

"Messing about on the river" Our time in Australia is fast coming to an end and there us still so much to do. We will never fit it all in but will be pleased to have something to come back to again one day. The pace slowed down today as we boarded our Captain Cook River Boat in the port of Freemantle and sat back for a lazy 2 hour cruise up the Swan River to Perth for lunch and then the 2 hours back again. There are more boats per head of population in Perth t...

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

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...