G'Day Guys We have been holed up in Mandurah which is about 80km south of Perth for the last 4 days spending time with my Auntie Pat and catching up with my 2 cousins. Have had a good look around the area while here and have been to Fremantle, Rockingham and Mandurah. The weather has been mixed but today the sun is shining for our last full day in Australia, Tomorrow we move onto Singapore and a good job really as my Auntie Pat has had me involved in allsorts o...

G'Day Before I tell you about today's activities I will just give you a quick run down on yesterday's venture. We took a walk down to the Swan River and climbed up the Swan Bells tower, it's not very high but the bells housed in the modern tower are old and ring out often. If you are up there when they do you can see them in action. From here we headed back into town and Mel bought a new bag, I am so glad to see the back of the tatty brown thing she has been ca...

G'Day We boarded the Indian Pacific train at 6.40pm on Thursday night for our 2500km train journey to Perth. We chose a sleeper cabin and although it was very compact it was much better than a seat to sleep in. You got a little Indian Pacific toiletry bag full of goodies and the beds were comfy. After a good nights sleep we had the full day to look out of the window and enjoy the views. We got to de-train in the town of Cook (population 7) while the train took ...