Today we travelled along the Avon Valley to visit both York and Northam, two of WA’s oldest towns which are full of historic buildings. At Northam Fraser was pleased to see some mute swans of which only about 40 exist in the wild in Australia. Both towns have suspension bridges across the river – the one in Northam the longest in Australia and of course we had to bounce cross both of them. Here we go Mum’s friends Kath and Wendy this is a picture with Mum a...

We left Perth and travelled east through York to a small town called Beverley, best known for it’s art deco architecture and aeronautical history – home to the WA Aeronautical Museum, Vampire jets and Australia’s third worst air crash. It was a quiet spot very different to what we had become used to during school holidays!

Another trip to Yelo before heading to Scarborough Beach for a boogie board. Again it was a rough (and rainy) day in the surf so we just had a paddle in the shallows and Dad and Fraser dug a large sandcastle near the high water mark. It survived high tide but we expect it will be gone tomorrow.

Today we went to AQWA (the WA Aquarium) which is the biggest in Australia.I loved looking at the jellyfish and turtles and Fraser liked the sting rays and sharks He was even brave enough to pat a Port Jackson shark. Fraser wished he was 12 as you could scuba dive for a very cheap price in one of the large tanks and it looked like it was a great thing to do.

The seaside suburb of Trigg was nearby so we went to check out the surf and a popular coffee spot called Yelo. Not much surf but the drinks and treats were very good. We also had a look at the surf at Scarborough Beach which was also poor before returning to the park pool for a swim.