Back to Perth again.08.05.08A Darn bulldozer woke me up at 7:30am right outside my cabin where they started digging up something or other.Gosh they start work early here.But the bad mood disappeared when I stepped onto the balcony that overlooked the sea.This place was really beautiful!After a quick brekkie stop in Dongara (which you have to pronounce Dongaaaaaara to sound truly Australian) we headed south towards Cervantes which has the Pinnacles (See pics).Thes...

Hutt River Province & Port Dennison / Dongara 7th May Before we headed out of Kalbari we tried the Pelican Feed again and it was looking bad. Again, the Pelican Feeder came to the end of his speech and the Pelicans were a no show. But as luck would have it, 12 ended up flying in, more to show their faces than to have a feed. We set off back south to the Hutt River Province stopping at various beautiful look-out points along the way. Just the give you a l...

Kalbarri 5th - 6th May Well we (Sue-Ellen, Niels, Mark & Mini- Monkey - Sarah had to work) set off early as we had an 8-hour drive ahead of us. Once we got out to the open bush we were amazed at the difference between now and our previous visit. Obviously Australia had experienced a little rain and instead of dry yellow bush, we were greeted to green! Also, the other difference was that everything seemed a little closer together, but that was simply because w...

Perth 2nd - 4th May 2008 Well, we woke up in typical fashion - late! Bad start. Also, with the realisation that I (Sue-Ellen) left my handbag at work the previous day I guess things weren't looking great. But once we got to Manchester airport things we're looking up and the excitement kicked in. Mini-monkey was excited too. (See pics). The flight was typically long and uneventful, but we watched plenty of films, which was great. The stop-over in Singapore allowed...