Day 87 Seminyak Beach Bali It's raining, no it's not raining it's absolutely chucking it down and has been most of the night along with interspersed thunder and lightning. Thoughts for today were lazing around the pool and soaking up the sun, no chance. When the rain stopped briefly mid morning we went for a walk along the beach which whilst it is cleaned outside the hotel the same cannot be said for the areas further along which were littered with more debr...

Day 86 Perth to Bali An early start heralded our departure from Australia as we sadly said goodbye not only to Bill's family who had been our hosts in Perth, but also to the country that had been our home for the last month. We both loved Oz and I for one will certainly miss the constant sunshine and temperatures of Perth and the South West. The locals may have been praying for rain but I certainly wasn't amongst them! Our flight with Jetstar was slightly del...

Day 85 Dunsbourgh to Perth. Last day in Australia, Boo Hoo. We had a fantastic time at Ocean Vines Retreat; this was the best equipped place I have ever stayed bar none and I would recommend this to anyone. Fate certainly dictated that we should have met Trish and Klaus as not only did we find a fabulous place to stay but as Trish had been brought up in both Bali and Singapore they recommend visits and restaurants for both places but she also arranged a local ...

Day 84 Margaret River/Dunsborough. Our penultimate day in Australia, I can't believe it, I don't want to believe it. This place is definitely addictive. We left Cape Lodge after breakfast and set off to find Ocean Vines Retreat, the guest house that the couple we met yesterday in Margaret River, Klaus and Trish run. We had only an address and a vague idea of where it was and all around here looks pretty remote but we found it without too much difficulty. The...

Day 83 Margaret River Full day of sightseeing today around the region. After a lovely breakfast in the restaurant here which is on stilts over the lake we set off for Margaret River itself. Whilst Cape Lodge's postal address is Margaret River it is actually half an hour away in the middle of the wine region. We parked the car and went for a walk around the town where we found a small Sunday Market which we wandered around. Whilst we were looking at the stall...