We took off in the bat mobile out to the town of Collie whilst Darren and Gayle played a round of golf. We had heard it was a nice drive into the hinterland which proved to be correct. It consisted of green rolling hills and when you looked back you could see the Indian Ocean. … More Australind to Perth – 6th and 7th November 2018

Not a lot to report today as a quiet day for the girls whilst the boy went coastal fishing. The swells were over two metres with a really strong nasty wind coming in from the west. It still didn’t stop them having a go. Alas, no fish caught but a corker of a time. On … More Australind – 5th November 2018

We left Perth with Gayle on Saturday morning and drove two hours south to Australind where they have a beach house. There is no internet at the beach house so blogging will be sporadic up until Wednesday. Stocked up the cupboards after shopping at the coolest Farmers Market store ever. They had it all set … More Perth to Australind and Margaret River – 3rd & 4th November 2018

And the person with the right answer to our quiz question from yesterday was Fraser’s mum, Barbara. It is indeed the Sturt Dessert Pea which is the floral emblem of South Australia. Better make it next time that no Aussies are allowed to partake in any competition questions relating to Australia. So, today involved us … More Perth – 2nd November 2018

Yesterday was spent getting to Perth from Broome. We were very good and started off our day with a swim in the pool cutting a few laps and patting ourselves on our backs for it. The flight was a couple of hours and we were met by our good friend Gayle in her new Cherry … More Broome to Perth – 31st October 2018 and 1st November 2018