My recent time in Kalgoorlie has consisted of working for Mr Don Green, who's slogan is THE MAN TO SEE! He employs backpackers who are in between jobs and I had heard much about him before Chris came in one afternoon saying Don required two 'men' for the next day. I offered my services and attended with Chris & Paul the next morning. Don, who had not taken on a girl before, seemed confused but ended up keeping me on for my final 3 weeks in Kal! One day, during a truck driving lesson, Josh asked Don how I was doing [View Full Entry]

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A beautiful place! Once again, I'll type details another time... [View Full Entry]

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I don't remember the details, I didn't realise I hadn't added these photos so here's some pics to look at until the diary of information is closer to hand! Enjoy! [View Full Entry]

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The Gloucester Tree was in Pemberton. It's 60ft high and has a very unsafe-feeling ladder with little to protect you if your foot happened to slip! On our way from the car, James decided to feed a nearby parrot some of my apple. It wasn't long before we were flocked with encouraged parrots, landing all over us... what a novelty! We shakily climbed the tree then took a stroll... and later stopped at a vineyard where I had a tasting session before purchasing a yummy bottle of special red wine! Our next stop was at the biggest burnt out hole in [View Full Entry]

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Humpback Whales The 3 hour outting cost $50 and we went, wondering if we'd get out money's worth... Luckily we arrived in Augusta as the whales were migrating down the east coast. After a while on the boat, we saw a group of whales quite far away, so I got snapping! It was easy to capture the whales because they spray from their waterhole before they surface. But I found it more difficult to get tail shots because there was little warning... Having watched them for a while, as they made wide circles around the boat - apparently making us part [View Full Entry]

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19th June 2005 We found Sunflowers Farm on the map and popped in to see... dared each other to explore and had many giggles during our time there. We saw Emu, Lama, touched our first Kangaroo - which I thought was gonna attack me as it came bounding up... but she just wanted my food bucket to rummage through! Chickens, calf, more lambs, pigs, goats, ducks and horses. I think the farm is for children but we had a blast anyway as we both love animals! We carried on our journey and had a tour of Lake Cave, before heading via [View Full Entry]

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19th June - Lake Cave We enjoyed the cave tour and the fascinating stories... Stalagtites - Cling on tight! Stalagmites - Might reach the top! Straws - hollow & straw-like! 20th June - Jewel Cave Halectites - defy gravity; grow out sideways! Random! Shawls - curtain style... and now you're edumacated, on with da pix... Cape Leeuwin The lighthouse and also where the Southern & Indian Oceans meet! Cool! [View Full Entry]

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Dear all... We left Fremantle, having purchased our equipment - cooker, crockery, cuttlery, a blow-up bed, bedding, etc., and we have began our drive South. But we've had a good few days; we're now addicted to charity shops, where we got a load of matierial and stitched ourselves some curtains (Tazmanian Devil/Bananas in PJs!!) well into the night using the dingy light of our van! Which, by the way, we are loving! It's slowly becoming more organised as things have to be shifted around during the day - bags into front seats so we can inflate the bed (seats too lumpy [View Full Entry]

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Ok... on with the diaries! 18/06/05 Having eaten breakfast in the horrible half a shed-style 'kitchen', we drove to Yallingup Shearing Shed. A great expience and insight into the farm life, we saw demos of sheep being sheared (with volunteers!), watched the dogs round the sheep into their pen, and got to feed the lambs. The use collies and also Kelpies, which are collies crossed with a dingo - the only dog that walks on sheep! Together these dogs keep the sheep in line! Next we visited a Chocolate Factory, tasted some choccy samples and had the compulsory hot chocolate, mmmm!! [View Full Entry]

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Ok... time has run away with me. I'll do my best to update without boring! During our time in Fremantle, we had two tours of the prison... the first was a scary ghostly torchlight night tour with some other hostelers. We were given a reduced rate for a daylight tour so we went back a week later and were taken on a 'Great Escapes' tour. It was fascinating learning how prisoners plotted escape routes, knocked through walls etc. In an attempt to keep fit, we force ourselves to swim or jog a few times a week. A children's playground near the [View Full Entry]

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