Thelast bit of Oz So, chickening out of going further North, we blast our way back down the highway, destination Margaret River. Back through miles of red earth and scrub , slowly turning into farming country and then into a more autumnalSouthwest Oz. We stopped in Fremantle for a few days as we really needed to use the last bit of Oz to sort out Borneo and Japan.Fremantle was a great place to do this -a very European feel city, on the sea with a great street c...

With much deliberation we decided to head directly north rather than add on a scenic loop which would take in the sands of Esperance and the gold mining area of Kalgoorie-Boulder -now well known for the eerie iron sculptures dotting a salt pan nearby (well - 150kms nearby). This extra detour would have added another 1500 kms to the already long journey. We figured that amount of extra car time was pushing a 4 years old patience! So, foot on pedal going north. Fi...

Perth to Albany on the Southern Ocean With one night to kill in Perth before we collected the campervan, we arrived in Perth airport requiring a room for the night.Shocked that the average nightly fee in Perth was 120 pounds, we felt virtuous checking into the Perth city centre YMCA, convinced by the picciesand the fact that a room was not exactly a snip! Said 'family room' was the winner to date for the grubbiest room. Kneeling on the floor to remove Owens shoe...