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43 days ago: Stephanie and Paul RTW published a blog
Lazy Days!
November 21st 2008  Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth » Joondalup
Hi all, a quick update on how our stay in Perth is going..... We arrived on time into Perth's domestic airport where we were met by Stephanie's Aunty Anne. Our first stop was at the indoor football ... [full story]

All Change :0))
123 days ago: jodirt published a blog
All Change :0))
September 7th 2008  Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth » Joondalup
It's been nearly 3 months since my last blog but we have been so busy and so much has happened. After getting back from the UK we both had the worse homesickness and we found it so hard to sink b ... 6 photos [full story]


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