We had a very relaxing day yesterday but unfortunately the weather turned and we had plenty of rain although still warm. Ray did some fishing and managed to catch "crabs" the blue variety. Never have I seen Ray so excited to get crabs! A young lad on the beach came running over to control the crab. No probs to him he just stood on the claws with his flipflops on and grabbed the body. He was even more pleased when Ray said he could have it as they are g...

We picked our new home up on Sunday and what a beautiful beast, we think we can be very happy for two months. It is a Winnebago - no expanding sides - but everything we need. It's Ray job to empty the chemical toilet so have bought plenty of rubber gloves. However, the camping here is so good we don't really need to use the van. We have our own ensuite site for 20 pounds a night so not too bad. We stayed just south of Fremantle the first night so we could unpack...

Arrived in Perth to beautiful Sunshine and considering it was a Saturday everything was so quiet. Apparently everyone leaves the city at the weekend. We checked into our motel which was the next step up to Bates's - we must have been having a tight moment when we were booking!! It was a bed for the night and the sheets and mattress were clean - Jen did check. Anything would have been a come down from the Shangri-La in Singapore as they even changed the carpet i...