At home in the "Lifestyle Village" We met my Uncle Fred this morning after breakfast and he drove us back to his house in Mindarie Keys. Auntie Margaret came running out when we got there - it was really good to see them both and felt a bit like being at home. Margaret made us lunch and then gave us the grand tour of where they live. It's called a 'lifestyle village' for the over 55s, but Ben wants to live there! It's got everything, from a swimming po...

Trying to be cultural We had breakfast outside a café near the hotel, and then walked around the city to get our bearings. Perth is really nice and clean, and because it's relatively small we could walk around it quite easily. We ended up in Chinatown and eventually found the Museum of WA, which was randomly full of stuffed animals, and the Art Gallery. After all that culture we went back to the Swan River, and decided to take the ferry over to South Perth,...

Ben comes to Oz! I had to get up at 4.30am this morning to catch my flight to Perth. Agnelle and the girls dropped me to the airport and we said our goodbyes, and then because it was a domestic flight I was through to the gate and on the plane within half an hour. I had to change planes in Brisbane, and I arrived in Perth at about 12pm. The airport I came into was the domestic one, so I had to get a taxi to the international terminal (even though it was just a...

Australian / English roast dinner! We went to Crystal Creek today, which was about an hour away. The creek was beautiful, and we managed to find a secluded spot, although the water was freezing and I felt like Pocahontas clambering over the rocks to get there! We saw some amazing electric blue butterflies while we were having our picnic lunch. On the way home Agnelle somehow shredded her tyre, so we had to flag down a guy to help us! When we eventually got home ...

To TV… We left Airlie Beach on the Greyhound (my last one!) and drove to Townsville, where our friend Agnelle, who was on the New Zealand tour with us, picked us up. She took us to The Strand for fish and chips, and then we walked along the beach and pier. It was really nice having someone local to show us around, and even nicer going back to her house and sitting in a proper lounge! In the evening we met up with Angie again, and Tenielle, also from the Co...