We are now in Adelaide. Adelaide is different in that there are a lot of old buildings here. Where we are staying is a lovely house that has been extended but has lovely high ceilings and the decoration is in keeping with the style! It is great chatting to my friend and reminiscing about old times together at the High School especially the time she tied my science overall to the stool. We wandered around the city today and took the free bus around the city per...

Another touristy day! We took the train to Perth again, had a walk around and then went on a boat trip on the Swan River. We had a different view of the city and a lovely view of Kings Park from the river. The river is huge and along the banks are houses belonging to the mega rich! The river isnt straight but goes toundbends and there is a long sandspit in one place. We passed the Old Swan brewery which like many old buildings has been transformed into luxury f...

We did the tourist thing today and went on the open top bus around Perth. We were surprised how good it was! Being on the top enabled us to see things from a different perspective and the commentary was informative. Even Mick said he learnt a lot he didn't know. Most of the old buildings were built by convicts in the 1800s from sandstone and many look similar to English buildings. The famous London Court is a popular tourist attraction. The bus took us up to Ki...

We are settled back in Perth and today we took the train again to the city. We went and booked train tickets to Kalgoorlie for when we come back from our travels to the east. We walked down to Barrack Street jetty and booked a river trip for Thursday. It was cloudy but rather humid today so we walked around for a bit but it was too sweaty to go far!! The Government Office building is set in beatiful grounds and the building itself looks very english. It remind...

Our last day in Busselton for the time being. Tomorrow morning we set off for Perth but are going a little bit of a scenic route rather than straight down the highway. We had a lazy day. Maureen took us to see the Busselton community garden where people have a plot to grow things - bit like an allotment but a much smaller scale. Obviously their growing season lasts much longer than ours and some people manage to keep tomato plants growing from one year to the ne...