Today we went to Bunbury just north of Busselton. We went with the nieces and their children to another wildlife park and had hands on experience of feeding some of the animals. Later we visited the dolphin centre and were lucky enough to see the dolphin off the beach. The dolphin swam up and down the line of people and then swam off again. A very calming experience!!

Hi Here is the beginning of Busselton pier, the longest in the world (one and a quarter miles long), now that Southend has lost it's end!! It has been refurbished recently and like Southend has a train to the end where there is an underwater marine world. We are booked for a train ride on Wednesday. The sea looked very tranquil but as yet we have not been in swimming - SHARK warning (only joking!!). Actually there are sharks just down the road but we will be c...

Hi again Friday night at the movies! We went to the drive-in in Perth, one of only 2 left in the area. We saw Life of Pi and Parental guidance. I sat in nthe car as I didn't thikn it was warm enought to sit outside but people had got mattresses and blankets, food and drink. All the stars came out and it was brill! Saturday we drove to Busselton a 2 and a half drive south of Perth. It is right on the coast and it is beautiful. We are staying with Mick's sister M...

Mick bought me a new accessory!! This is at Peel Zoo near Mandurah south of Perth. We have been feeding the animals again and seen lots of Aussie wildlife including Tasmanian Devils. The llamas were particularly hungry and we had parrots eating apples while sitting on our heads and arms! Mandurah is on the coast and has a large river area. It's really windy today keeping the temperature down. Have just eaten a fantastic burnt caramel ice cream! Scrummy!! Abou...

Two blogs in one day! Had a cool off in the pool, a bbq again and then went to Hillarys to see it at nightime. The ice-cream shop was still there and I had another honeycomb. Beautiful! Mick had a passion fruit flavour - fantastic. Back to Monica's tomorrow so blog may be curtailed for a while especially when we are at at Busselton but keep looking.