Blogs from Hillarys Boat Harbour, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania

The next zoo that I visited was AQWA, the Aquarium of Western Australia which is located in Hillarys Boat Harbour in the town/suburb of Hillarys which is quite a way north of Perth. It's not a huge aquarium, but has a wide range of species and exhibits from across Western Australia. From the outside the aquarium was quite a large building located right on the coastline. Just inside the entrance to the aquarium is a row of five small tanks, each representing the one of the different geographical sections that the aquarium is divided into, with each representing a different part of the Western Australian coastline separated by latitude. These different sections are the Perth Coast, Shipwreck Coast, Great Southern Coast, Far North Coast, and Coral Coast. The aquarium also has two sections that are not ... read more

Easter weekend marked Trish and the girls' last weekend in Perth and we wanted to do something special. It was glorious weather and so we managed to charter a yacht for a twilight cruise on Easter Monday for all of us. It was a beautiful 4 berth sailing yacht called 'Alphee' and operated out of Hilary's boat yard. Alphee is a 14m yacht - "Fully equiped with all the trimmings, Alphee offers great flexibility to enjoy yourself for an afternoon cruising in the beautiful clear waters of Western Australia"..... http://www.alphee.com.au/ It was a glorious day and very busy due to the bank holiday. We met at Hilary's and boarded the yacht at 2pm - John & Andrea, Tash & David, Trish, Shauna, Kelly and Lauren and Annie and I.... and enough food and drink to sink ... read more

After celebrating the Fact we made the Western Australian yesterday we have realised they print any old nonsense with the fact Robbie Fowler is on the front Today. He has just signed for Perth Glory and flew in today. We immediately start making plans to go to Sydney. Philip goes on a bike ride to Hilary’s boat harbour today where he has a foot massage this involve putting your feet into a bath of hot tea, which then becomes scalding hot by adding a kettle full of boiling water to the already hot water. The hotter the better they say. screaming like a girl the girls removes feet and layer of skin before the massage begins. The heavens open on the way home and we get drenched just as back in the real world we are ... read more

Oh great his lordship just clears off and leaves me home alone for the day listening to the Mp3 and do what bears do. Philip runs to Hillary’s Boat harbour this morning and round it till he completes 10km he tells me he get very emotional and collapses on beach a tearful wreck, certainly come along way and I don't just mean literally since doing laps of the cardboard factory in the wind and rain. It may of taken the best part of 38 years but I think he is finally doing things the right way. I suppose had to change he Couldn't stay all his life down at heel Looking out of the window, staying out of the sun He then spends the day reading and making plans for world domination or something I stop ... read more

The Story so Far...Excluding Hong Kong Finally I start a blog, Ive been saying id start one of these since Hong Kong but only now 3 weeks into the travelling do i get round to it. Its been the non stop work and constant tiredness that has held me up. Lee doesnt know ive started this yet. Its one of my few days off so have a bit of time, although i do have to go get a hair cut in the next hour, 35 degree weather does not agree with long hair and hectic work, ppl have started to complain the chips are soggy by the time they reach the table and its not the kitchens fault. We havent been up to much recently. We went on our day of wakeboarding and boating which ... read more