Our journey around WA has come to an end all too soon, but we've definately had a fabulous time exploring its charms. We've just returned to Perth after a five day adventure road trip up the coast. We originally planned to do it as an organsied tour but realised it wouldn't cost much more to take our time and do it ourselves. So we picked up our Avis hire car from Fremantle on Thursday morning, cranked on an 80s CD, and hit the open road. And open it cer...

We're now back in good old Fremantle after spending a very hectic but enjoyable three days touring the south west of WA. We saw gorgeous bays, fantastic rock formations, and sampled some lovely wines. But first, last week we hopped on the ferry to visit Rottnest Island, which can be found about 20kms out to sea from Perth.The island is tiny, only about eight miles across, so the best way of seeing it by bike. Now considering I haven't ridden since I w...

I'm so excited to be here in the land Down Under! Home of kangaroos, koalas, Neighbours, fair dinkum friendly people and flaming ghalas! Our flight from Singapore seemed like a short hop at five hours, after all the 12 hour bus journeys we've taken so far. In fact, there was even an outdoor swimming pool at Changi Airport so we could have started the journey with a dip if we'd known. Oh well. After landing on Friday afternoon we spent the rest of the...