Hi everyone, We've just finished our first WWOOFing experience. That stands for "Willing Workers On Organic Farms" and it is a global organization. We had poured through our little book of farms looking for help, and each of us rated the various opportunities in Southwest Australia. We e-mailed a couple of farms that were relatively close to where we were heading. Yarri Springs said that they could use a couple days of help so after taking in a Surf co...

We're back at our home base. We had to come back to Perth to go to the Jack Johnson concert (which was mellow and great and everything we expected it to be) and to drop our friend Kathrin off at the airport. Max is in the shop today getting a 4000 point inspection which turned up the need for 4 new shocks (which we knew as it corners slightly worse than a grocery cart with a gimp wheel) and some new front brakes so we've blown our budget yet again, but we'll be h...

Hi ho folks, It's been a while since we've updated. We're on the road now and, as you can see, roughing it. They have free Barbie's everywhere. At this particular beach we watched some great surf, showered at the beachside showers, grilled up our dinner on the free BBQ, had our picnic, and then drove off to a quiet nearby beach to spend the night. Life is pretty darned good. We're travelling with our friend Kathrin at the moment. 3 of us sleeping abreast i...

Well - for a change we actually do have a few things to report... most important news first: we would like to introduce you to MadMax - the Warrior, our new Mazda 1991 van. We bought him of a private owner (not crazy backpackers....) just south of Perth this past Friday. He is a 5-speed with 174'000 km on it, A/C (!!!!) and a MASSIVE kangaroo-bar on the front - which explains his name. We spent almost all day Monday cleaning (it was FILTHY), fixing little things ...

Well, I just played my first tennis matches on grass courts. Man, is that civilized. I was invited out by the hosts of the place we're staying as they have open sets on weekends, and this last weekend was a 3 day weekend so I went out on Saturday and Monday. Except for a few impromptu matches with Barbara this past summer, I haven't played tennis in about 18 months so I was a little worried, but the people there were extremely nice. Even the guy I hit on the head...