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...

We set off this morning for Augusta on the south-western tip of Australia where two oceans meet. The Southern ocean to the south and the Indian ocean to the west. On our way we spotted wild roos and emus but only from a distance. Augusta itself is situated on the Hardy inlet a popular place for canoeists. To the west of Augusta is Cape Leeuwin, the most south-weterly point and here it was very windy and exposed. We had a guided tour of the lighthouse and climbed...

We woke up to clouds this morning - don't all cheer! So we decided to walk to Busselton along the beach, hence the Mad dogs and Englishmen . . . It was a distance of about 5kms which was fine but the clouds did start to dissipate and by the time we arrived at the jetty we were rather in need of a beverage. As well as great ice-creams Simmo's also makes lovely milkshakes and we woofed them down. It was quite hot by now but we meandered round the town and then ba...