Day 81: Pinjarra to Rockingham . . . Tuesday 15th January Just up the road to Mandurah this morning to get money, supplies and internet connection. It was more by accident than design that we ended up at the Marina as the Info Centre was located there. The town is laid out around the Ocean Marina, and be it on a smaller scale is akin to Darling Harbour in Sydney. They are developing waterways and the luxury apartments/houses are being set out along each stretch ...

Day 76: Nannup to Honeymoon Pool . . . Wednesday 9th January After a really peaceful night we made our way to Busselton where we visited Wonnerup Geograph Marina with lots of expensive yachts and motor-cruisers in the basin complete with even more expensive houses around it. Then off to Peppermint Beach with new developments being built complete with long stretches of sand dunes with no-one around, once again water really warm to swim in, we tried not to stay i...

Day 71: Denmark to Walpole . . . Friday 4th January Could do with a good navigator out here Ron, as my sat nav keeps talking dirty to me but he doesn't seem to get us lost. Last night met a young couple from Belgium both PhD's doing research in Perth University and struggling to get permanent employment, would apparently earn more driving a truck in the mines. . . some things never change. Dropped into Denmark for coffee this morning and to send off the latest...

Day 65: Salmon Gums to Munglinup . . . Saturday 29th December Today 'we are mostly' heading towards Esperance we have been told that it is a really lovely place. On the way we passed many huge salt lakes that resemble the appearance of an Ice Rink and when the sun reflects off them they almost blind you with their whiteness. Railway tracks are all over Oz and the wagons full of some type of aggregate can number as many as 100, if you get caught on the crossroads...

Day 57: Elliston to Streaky Bay . . . Friday 21st December Heard from Lee and he said he was going back to Hanoi to spend Christmas with friends. Storms from 6 a.m, very heavy rain and strong winds. Visited Information Centre before we left Elliston to use the tinternet, $5 per hour and it was the best IT centre we had seen . . . run by volunteers and they said that it served the whole community and being some 200K from the largest town it was a necessity. Had c...