Day 49 Tues 28 Jun 16, Perth to Kalgoorlie-Boulder 598km, early morning shower then fine,11 to 18 deg. Woke at 5am to the sound of rain but it didn't last long; it was gone by the time we got up. A quick brekky, hitch up and we were on the road again, (7:45am) heading East this time. Only 4,497km to get home, not counting side trips. Stopped at Meckering for a cuppa and a bite to eat to find the beetroot jar had lost its lid in fridge; a red mess. It was cleaned ...

Day 48 Mon 27 Jun 16, Perth, cloudy but fine, 5 to 16 deg. The schoolies made a noise till just after 10pm. With a van park full of oldish people (not us) one would think the management would be right onto any unruly behavour. Better still the adults who are supervising the little darlings should have been onto it. They were up at 5:30am running around again so the late risers wouldn't have been happy. We have noticed that grey nomads are very late stirring in th...

Day 46 Sat 25 Jun 16, Perth, cloudy with heavy rain and morning showers, fine & sunny in the afternoon, 8 to 16 deg. Showers fairly consistent this morning so after brekky we jumped into the truck and headed for Fremantle. Even though it was wet it was still a nice place to spend a few hours. The Winter Festival was on; there was ice skating and tobogganing so the weather outside matched that. We ended up taking shelter in a boutique brewery, Little Creatures...

Day 45 Fri 24 Jun 16, Mandurah to Perth, 85km, 10 to 18 deg. An early morning walk (3.97km) around a very nice estate started the day. As it was a short drive today we took our time over brekky and just chatted with Sue and Terry. Sorry we couldn't stay longer, but we'll be back, that's a threat!! (Thanks for your wonderful hospitality Sue and Terry.). We also wanted to avoid the peak-hour traffic in Perth so we said our farewells about 9:35am and were almost dir...