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...

Hi all So I guess I’d better tell you all about the nightlife in Perth. Well a lot of it revolved around poker. No Limit Texas Hold Em to be precise. On one of our first nights there, the guy from our dorm room (whose name is Ali in case you’d forgotten) organised a game and asked me if I w anted to join. Now I have a dream. To save me all that effort of getting a job in Australia gonna play poker. At the casino. And win a fortune. Possibly even get ...

Hi all Time for the start of our big Oz adventure. As we waited in the immigration queue, having taken serious advantage of the cheap Jack Daniels situation (plus a bottle of Absolut Raspberry - no idea why. Ask Mand) we spotted Andy a few rows back just as we were getting to the front. A couple of dodgy questions from the miserable bint behind the counter and we were through quick smart. We collected our luggage and to help speed our progress we decided to gra...