One of the latest news outcries was about the proposed minimum wages on holidays to be increased to rougly $47/hour. Some restauranteurs were stating that they weren't going to be opened on holidays then because they can't pay the wages and make a profit. Forget the servers! What about other professions getting $47/hou r on holidays - a grocery clerk, for example?!? WOW! I like cities that provide free public transportation. Perth had 2 CAT routes to ...

We caught a fun ferry ride from Perth jetty to Fremantle. There is money in this city! Fancy homes, boats, cars, etc. The little blue shack in the photo below is registered as a yacht club. Even though it has only 1 member, it is on the market right now for $1.2 million. (It can moor up to a 40 foot yacht though.) Many Asians are buying up expensive seafront properties, which makes sense since they are spending their new found wealth. Loads of Asian tourist...

Carnarvon's claim to fame is that it was a tracking station used for the Apollo moon landings with its communication satellite dish. In 1987, the station closed after assisting in tracking Halley's Comet. In 2012, Dr. Buzz Aldrin opened their Space and Technology Museum. Outside of Carnarvon was a blowhole. We drove 2 hours to see this small spray! Perhaps it was the wrong time of the day. Much of travelling is this, eh? Frustrating.

We were attracted to Yanchep National Park in the guide book because it said it had a koala boardwalk. We thought that it would be amazing to stroll through the eucalyptus trees spotting wild koalas. However, we should have known that it would be an enclosed area like the rest we have seen in sanctuaries and zoos. Since these types of koalas are cared for, regularly fed, and no predators would ever touch them, we have named such areas 'koala spas'. Disapp...

To get to Monkey Mia, you needed to stop in Denham to pick up your National Park pass and any last minute groceries if you had booked a campsite. We had a hotel room so we planned for meals in the only 2 restaurants there. Emus roamed around the town without any worries of cars or people! These towns were equipped with wind power. Aussies are serious when it comes to camping. Heaps of gear, outdoor cooking and cleaning areas, large tents to sleep in / hang...