Today was our first day of using public transport in WA. Easier than Italy as we could understand the language but I always find them poorly designed for non locals. Who knows how many zones I am crossing. Another important difference between WA and Italy is everyone, especially the public service, are friendly and go out of their way to help.Before long we had caught our connecting train, hocked up with Mikey and Maureen and arrived at Hillary's Marina to he...

Today was all about the Swans..... Well the first part anyway. It was all over by 3pm. Stan had to have a Coopers for breakfast as it was a rush to get to the pub before the AFL started, but finish watching the Aussies win their game in the T20 World Cup. Rosie O'grays had quite a few Swans and Hawthorn fans, but also had many locals who just enjoy football. Good time was had by all during the game as it had ups and downs on both sides. The poor Hawk fans lef...

Today we sacrificed a trip to Mandurah and Murdoch uni for a visit to Wellington National Park. It was well worth it. Steph pointed us towards some of the highlights of the park that we would never have found without her. Tim and Rach caught up with at the Wild Bull Brewery. To pacify my annoyance of not getting a photo of all of us together, I settled for a sibling photo. We found Steph in the bush and collected a few photos before leaving the South West.Made it...

Today, yet again began in a coffee shop - This time in Collie with Phil. We then ventured back to Bunbury to explore the town and to be there when Tim and Rach arrived. We found Bunbury to be a spread out town with a mixture of very old and extremely modern. We found an excellent fish and chip shop, a brewery overlooking the habour and a ye olde hotel. Finally Even Stan had to admit his belly could take no more on this day!!! It was on the way back to Collie that...

Would you believe the first phase of the Great Western Trip is over so soon. Farewell to our apartment by the beach. After a few galleries and a trip back to Happs to ship our wine home, it was farewell to Laris for a few days. Stan and I ventured back to Busselton with a plan to walk down the 2 km pier and visit the underwater observatory. Unfortunately the wild weather had closed both the train and the observatory. We briefly contemplated the walk, but decided ...