Wednesday – Arrived in Perth and its cold and raining. Apparently we have brought the weather with us. Hotel not too great, complained and they moved us into the suite on the top floor. Much more our style. Roamed round the streets of Fremantle at night and found a local bar, a couple of Margaritas Read More »
Anna and Richard talked us into doing the most extraordinary thing! We took a bus to O’Reilly’s, a resort in the rainforest! We stayed two nights and three days and had a WONDERFUL time! The bus there and back was entertaining enough with excellent and jolly drivers always keeping us either laughing at (“the cemetery Read More »
Our first trip back on the road was to Kakadu national park. It’s about 200kms from Darwin and is one of the largest parks in the NT. It’s famous for it crocodiles and scenery (Rogue was filmed here). The tropical climate makes for lots of greenery, water holes and water falls (and planty of breeding Read More »
So far we’ve been writing about our adventures in travelling here, there and (nowhere near) everywhere. For this entry I thought it would be fun to some of the burning questions I know you’ve all been thinking about: what are some of the main differences between Australia and Canada? Well, here are some of our Read More »
Canberra… think perfection, think blue skies, perfect clouds, tree lined streets, sunshine, kept parks, streamlined houses, roads that travel on perfect angles from each other, think smiling people, think healthy workers running in their lunch hour, think one pub, think dull… Yes, Canberra should be the ultimate city, the ultimate new way to live and Read More »
Moreton Island is an hour’s catamaran trip from Brisbane and is the 3rd largest sand island in the world (the biggest being Fraser Island just up the coast). It was formerly the Brisbane penal colony and I can think of worse places to be sent to prison than a subtropical island with world class beaches.. Read More »
