Blogs from Swan Valley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 2

Castle Lion Swan Valley, Perth, Australia Aug 20, 2010... read more

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Toptastic day we get a package from home with cards and presents from Bobby, Harry and Lucy. woo hooo very emotional absolute love them. Were celebrating as England have beat Australia in the 20/20 cricket as well as the ashes now so if we beat them again do we get to keep them? Monday is no training day so Jayne and her friend take us to Whiteman park to meet Lions and Tigers and bears oh my well actually kangeroo's,wallabies and Kola's. we get to feed the kangaroos and one gives me a kiss! They smell abit but no worse than sharing a room with Philip. They even have albino ones. There are also kolas which are nearly as cute as me. Philips favourite are the flying foxes which are bonkers. we also see Tasmanian devil ... read more

After leaving Bunbury we traveled towards Fremantle/Perth, stopping on the way at Mandurah. Mandurah is similar to Sunshine Coast. They have built lots of canals and the very rich have built their mansions and their elaborate apartment blocks on the canals. There was one really huge mansion that was built by a millionaire for his holiday house a number of years ago, but has only stayed in it for a total of 2 weeks, some people just have way too much money lol. Along the beginning of the canals is some very small very old cottages that are worth about 1.6 mil each. We went on a dolphin/canal cruise that took us through the canals and through the new area called little Venice because it had little tiny bridges over the canal. We were lucky it ... read more

Good evening all, what a busy weekend... Friday night saw my friends and i take a boat cruise up the Swan River. We left from Fremantle and cruised all the way up the Swan River to Perth and back. It was great to see the city by night from the river, it looked very pretty all lit up. We also cruised past Blackwall Reach where we went cliff jumping last week, you could really see how high it was! The sky turned a beautiful orange colour as the sun was setting and the evening was beautifully warm. We took a trip to Perth Zoo on Saturday morning, and although zoos aren't really my thing, it was great fun seeing koalas, kangaroos and dingos for the first time. Unfortunately it wasn't a petting zoo but i'm hoping ... read more