With a huge night out on the cards tonight we did little more than wonder round the Lakeside shopping Centre in Joondalup to meet Charlotte’s cousin Gemma for a Coffee. As soon as Mel arrived home from worked, he carried tonight’s plan. An 8 stop bar crawl of Perth, given to him by a work friend, that would let us explore the city nightlife. From rooftop DJ sets to Irish Pub cover bands, the night was awesome. Inevitably missing the last train we had to get a...

Since our arrival in WA we have heard nothing but good things about Fremantle or ‘Freo’, so we dedicated today to the quirky, historic suburb. The winter festival that was in full swing gave the place a really surreal atmosphere for the following reasons; - It was 23 degrees Celsius. - Not a cloud in the sky. - There were Christmas trees and fake snow blowers. - An ice rink in the park with 2 cm of water on the surface due to the heat. - People paying $1...

A welcome arrival of Burns Beach ended the dry spell of lazy beach days until an unruly seagull made it hard to eat our chicken and hummus sandwiches in peace. We decided to take advantage of the cycle path that runs from the city all the way up the coast and hire two cruisers. Managing to get to Mullaloo Beach and back in the hour was a great effort as well as an indication that the month on the Kiwi Experience bus has severely put a dent in our fitness. A relax...

The day has come where we revisit the nightmare of the Indian embassy but everything went smoothly. Apart from the part where we didn't realise that it takes ten working days to get a visa and we have ten days but only 8 of them working. But in true bureaucratic nature we can pay double to fast track. Willing to risk the process we handed over our passports. This took up most of the day, so we made our way back "home" to get ready to go see Ted 2. Already disap...

Luckily Mel had a day off work to show us a round the CBD. Taking us to the Kings park, North Bridge and Leederville we were able to see Perth in a really good light. It strikes us as completely different to any other city in Australia and is a place to people come to settle and work not just a tourist trap. Unfortunately for us a lot of the attractions are closed for winter. We find the hard to believe as it is still mid-twenties. We tried for kayaking on Swan R...