Hey all. I've just got back from a couple weeks down the south-west coast. It's been really nice, all the towns are very small so all we've done is hiking and cycling. Beautiful scenery, the coastline is fantastic. In Perth and the surrounding area now until the 30th of October, when we fly to Alice Springs. It's already in the mid-30's there, and it's not even summer yet...

Greetings all from sunny Perth! Arrived fine, met by some distant relatives of Simon who gaves us a lovely meal and took us to the hostel, which was nice. Hostel fine, free beer on check-in!, think we were a bit spoilt by the one in Singapore though! In a 4-man dorm, basic but does the job. Have spent some time looking aroud the Perth commercial centre, although it's the biggest city in WA it's still not very big! Looking into going south around the coast for a ...