It’s been a long journey home and, finally, we are back in the UK in sunny old Wales. Unfortunately, the weather is really poor so we haven’t been home yet…
Having said our “thanks” and “goodbyes” to John, Meg and Chris, we left Perth, WA, in the early hours of this morning and flew towards Singapore [...]
Our last Sunday in Western Australia… tomorrow we will be packing up our suitcases and getting ready for the 25 hour journey back to the UK.
John and Meg took us on a short road trip today to a place called New Norcia. It is the only monastic town in Australia and is host to a [...]
And so we find ourselves entering the last weekend of our holiday here in Australia. Given the terrible weather back home in the UK (some of the worst weather in many years with temperatures well below zero degrees C and lots of snow) I must admit I’m not looking forward to returning home.
Yet on the [...]
It was another early-ish morning and we were, once again, off on our travels. However, we weren’t venturing to some previously unvisited and unknown place this time… we were taking another trip to Rottnest Island; to enjoy more of the swimming and snorkelling that the island had to offer. This time we’d only be there [...]
So here we are – the morning of Sunday 3rd January, 2010. Lyn and I are off on a short break here.
Report and photos coming soon, including the savage waves and shark dramas!
Happy New Year!
I hope that all you readers out there (I’m informed that I now have a readership nudging close to double digits!) had a fabulous New Years Eve, whether partying or otherwise, and that you are enjoying this first day of 2010.
As you are no doubt aware (understatement of the [new] year) [...]
Today, we spent the day in Rockingham. More specifically, we spent the day in and around Penguin Island.
Interested? Then please visit soon for the full write-up.
Today was a public holiday and we were expecting it to be busy. Even so, we decided that we’d take another trip to Hillary’s as there were a couple of things we needed to do there (and we also fancied more of Sharky’s chips and garlic bread, as well as a swim around the harbour!)
The [...]
Boxing Day 2009 and, strangely enough, no hangover…
Not wanting to waste the day, and expecting a 40 degree C heatwave, we decided to head down to Hillary’s. This would give us plenty of shops to look around, places to eat and the all-important beach. Being a public holiday, we double-checked the timetables to ensure that [...]
Merry Christmas dear reader – I hope you had/are having an enjoyable time.
Today was, by far, the warmest Christmas I’d ever experienced…
The day started at a sensible hour and to bacon sandwiches; something of a tradition at John and Meg’s on Christmas Day. Sue – a good friend of John and [...]
Christmas Eve already?! It’s come around so quickly…
A lot of the locals were still in work today so Lyn and I decided to make the most of our Christmas Eve and visit a well-known beach. We set off late morning and, courtesy of Perth’s bus and train services, made our way towards Scarborough Beach (not [...]
Day One
A new week had begun and we were today off on our mini-break to Rottnest Island! A chance to relax and to enjoy some of WA’s finest snorkelling in the clear, warm waters of the Indian Ocean…
The day began early and, as he had to venture into work, John kindly gave us a lift [...]
Despite being the weekend, and possibly busier than on a weekday, Lyn and I decided to take a trip into Fremantle to visit a couple of places that we had not previously had time to visit. Today we would be visiting the New Maritime Museum, HMAS Ovens and Cicerello’s (and any other places that looked [...]
As I said in my entry yesterday, today was going to involve a lot of walking… and it did. I have no idea how far Lyn and I walked today but I reckon 10 miles would be a conservative estimate. It might not sound like much but, believe me, in today’s heat and humidity (and [...]
Lyn and I had planned to go and visit the Perth Museum of Western Australia today. We hadn’t perhaps got out of bed as early as we’d hoped so we quickly got ready and threw a few things into the camera bag. John was perusing through work e-mails on his computer as we [...]
Saturday 12th December
John and Meg had, a short while back, found a lovely retreat and are now regular visitors to it. Whenever they need to unwind and ‘get away’ for a few days, this is the place they go to. Very often, their good friends join them and enjoy a few days of relaxation; away [...]
Gloria Jean’s Coffee… sure, the Latte was good but the white choc ‘n’ raspberry muffin was delicious. In fact, I’d happily say that it’s the best tasting muffin I’ve ever had. So light and tasty… I could go eat another right now. I just need an excuse to go up there. Anyways, moving on…
Red wine, [...]
Whilst enjoying our time here in Oz, we thought it a great idea to go and visit the zoo. We could view and learn about Australia’s native wildlife, be amazed at the diversity of their ecosystem, be astounded at the sizes of their spiders and snakes and, well, lot’s of other stuff that would make [...]
Today we visited Hillary’s Boat Harbour and AQWA. Lyn used to enjoy scuba diving hence was looking forward to visiting AQWA and seeing the marine life on show. I was also very keen to experience the aquarium as I find marine life fascinating.
We arrived at Hillary’s around lunchtime (with thanks to John for kindly offering [...]
The start of another week (if you take Monday as being the start of the week) and still lots to see and do. We had so many plans for today but it didn’t quite turn out as planned…
John had an early start to the day as he was having his windscreen replaced (the small stone [...]
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