Time to go out exploring - 4 days in Margaret River. We loaded up Checkez truck and Jenny's Lancer for the 3 hour drive. I drove Jenny's car following Checkez. We stopped half way to shop for provisions both food and booze. Margaret River is the epicentre of wine making in Western Australia as well as a holiday retreat. Jenny had booked a farmhouse for us to stay in. Pete also joined us for the trip making 6 of us. Saw a few Kangaroos on the drive down - li...

A bit of a lay in to recover from a few drinks last night. Today is about 4x4 off roading. We are going to meet up with Scotty and Craig, 2 friends of Checkez and Jens who have the right vehicles and bags of expertise for what has been promised to be top level and at times white knuckle. First we stocked up on some provisions and fuel and met up with Scotty before taking the short 2 hour drive south to Harvey. We met Craig at a very atmospheric watering hole ...

Every body was at work today and were away early, so we took advantage of being able to catch up on sleep, so didn't arise till midday. Fry up for Brekky then we decided to go for a magical mystery tour in the car to sus-out how best to get around. We started with a short trip to the Wungong Dam about 15 miles away but were not able to get to the waters edge due to Local restrictions. Moved on to the long drive into Perth City Centre - about an hours drive. D...

Not much to say here other than this was travel day from Dubai to Perth. All went very smoothly and the flight was very comfortable considering take off was at 0300 and landing at Perth time of 1830. Food on the flight was good though sleep was difficult. Transit through Aussie customs went smoothly as did collecting our hire car and getting on the road for the 40 minute drive down to Byford where Jen, Chekez and Petey live. Found their house easily and settl...