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...

Day 82 Perth to Margaret River We left Jennifer and David's house in Perth this morning to travel down to Cape Lodge in Margaret River. They offered to take us into the CBD to pick up our hire car but we decided to catch the bus instead to save them the bother; it's such an easy journey as the bus stops at the end of the road. Bill joked last night that we would end up with a Hyundai Getz especially as we have had some really good upgrades and as we are headin...

Day 81 Perth 1st April already, I can't believe how fast the days are going now. Just realised that we leave for Margaret River in the morning, I was quite convinced it was on Sunday so have just "lost" a day and I was planning to go to the beach tomorrow too instead of driving.Oh well….. Had a good day today, not that any day is not a good day. Jennifer offered to drive us up the Swan Valley and into the hills to see areas of Perth that most visitors don't...