Blogs from Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 566

Guys I'm fat! I have ate so much and drank so much over the last 9 weeks that I am offically fat!(well just a fat tummy, mostly) lol I need to detox soon. But that aint gonna happen in Perth thats for sure! We had an absolute hoot at the wine tasting at Swan Valley vineyards! It is a brilliant day out! We had a gaig, its amazing how quickly you get a tad tipsy when wine tasting! Some of the wines were scrumpcious. Big Derek had a great birthday, he drove we all got blockoed. Since returning from Queensland, we have done the wineries, Supa golf, Shakespeare in the park, CRIcket at the WACA, another trip to the money wheel at the Casino, more Koala's at Yanchep National Park and a huge big family get ... read more

Landed in Perth, Western Australia at 8.15 am. Lots of queues at immigration, but officials were friendly and only doing their jobs. Couldn’t wait to see John and Nikki, but they weren’t there when we walked out of the Arrivals Lounge. Bob trotted off to put on his shorts and then Chris spotted John and Nikki walking towards us. It was great to see them again all smiling and laughing as usual and we all had lots of kisses and hugs. They had brought both cars, so all the men got in John’s car and all the ladies in Nikki’s. It was about 40 minutes drive to Mindarie, (situated on the outer northern coastal suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia and is located 36 km from Perth's central business district. Its Local Government ... read more

Hello all! Thanks for the comments...I wasn't actually expecting people to read this stuff! Anyway, what did today bring?! Well...I went to Rottnest Island with my auntie. That place literally is PARADISE! It's basically a deserted island....with no cars...people just cycle. it has only 150 residents...who all work there. working there consists of being in one of the two hotels, the one shop, the gift shop or the visitors centre...cuz that's pretty much all there is there apart from sun, white fine sands and the most gorgeous blue seas! Oh and the other locals are cute little fluffy quokkas! They live under some bushes! Adorable! There were also peacocks roaming around...scary stuff! I cannot stress how little there is to do on the island though! it takes 45 mins on the bus to tour the whole ... read more

Well it is safe to say that I am loving Australia! On Monday we went diving as planned off Rottnest Island. The island itself is gorgeous, but i was a bit disappointed with the diving. The visibility was good but there was not that much down there to see apart from some pretty corals, a few small fish and a big samson fish. After the diving we had about 45 minutes to take a walk around the island. We saw the old prison and the old boys reformatory - which were both in use until 1901, and have since been converted into holiday accomodation. We also took a walk up to the Catholic Church, where there is an organ and a music book for you to play songs of your choice - amongst other things Twinkle ... read more

G'day folks! So, I've finally arrived! The flight was relatively painless. I managed to sleep enough, listen to "greatest number one hits of 1996"...including everyone's favourite...mr blobby! (Argh!), eat and watch the little mermaid! It was all good! I arrived at about 3am...so went to bed at 4am and woke up thinking "TURN THE HEATING OFF!" but it was actually sunshine shining through my window....then the reality kicked in..."wooohooo sunshine...im in australia!" I could have slept all day but decided to get up! Plugged in my adaptor and there was a huge green spark! Hmmm!!! Basically just toddled around with my cousin today...met a couple of her friends, they seem fun...and very australian! :P Went to a shopping mall type thing to get some 'sunnies' (im already talking the talk! :P) and a new sim card- ... read more