Hi all So we arrived in Bunbury and headed straight to the Dolphin Discovery Centre there to find out about dolphins (no s***) and to maybe get the chance to swim with a couple of these beautiful creatures. Imagine our surprise then when we were confronted by a bunch of males intent on gang rape. This is no joke. These guys desperately try to catch a female on her own (sometimes effectively kidnapping her if she’s with a bunch of friends) hold her against ...

Hi all So we woke in the wilderness and me and Mand made ourselves coffee and went and sat on the shore of the estuary to drink it. Now this is why we wanted to camp. The sense of peace and tranquility as we sat holding hands and occasionally exchanging a few words, welcoming in the new day was nothing short of magic. But it couldn’t last and we packed up and headed off to the other side of the estuary to where we could go bushwalking down to the sea. We re...

Hi all So we left Fremantle behind us and headed out on our first leg proper of our Australian adventure. We passed through the town of Rockingham (what can I say? Erm not much really) and made our first stop at Mandurah. Mandurah is known for it’s massive houses where Australian stars have holiday homes and our plan was to drive past them all and have a good old fashioned nosey. Not that we’ve ever heard of any of the people that supposedly live th...

Hi all So, we got to Fremantle and met up with the other two who had left Perth a bit before us. Now this was our first night camping and we didn’t really know what to expect. It turns out that Australia is well and truly geared up for outdoor pursuits and camping is a national pastime. This meant that all the campsites have power points, hot showers, laundry rooms, kitchens and tv rooms. How sweet is that? Firkin sweet, let me tell you. Setting up the ten...

Hi all Time then for the final installment of our Perth adventures. Culture wise, we only did one thing. The Western Australian Museum. We had to rush it slightly and as we’re going back there at the end of my time in Aus I’ll leave boring you with the details until then. Although there was a rather disturbing exhibition on the genocide (as laid down by the Geneva Convention) waged against the Aborigines. Kids being ripped from their mothers and forc...