Blogs from Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 567

Caught the bus into Perth and had a walk round to get my bearings then went to the backpacker agents to see what trips I could get to do the southwest of Australia, I found a 6 day trip down to Albany via Margaret River then onto Kalgoorie which is an old mining town this is $825 includes all food and accommodation. I then caught the bus back to Ruths to sort through the other details I picked up.... read more

Ruth took us for a drive where we went to Hilarys boatyard then onto Scarborough. We then returned to the house and later in the afternoon we went round to one of Ruth’s daughters for a bbq.... read more

Caught the 12:15 Qantas flight from Melbourne to Perth where I was met by Ruth and taken to her house. On the way there we passed a suburb called Morley. We then went out at night to Kings Park where you get an overview of Perth.... read more

After a few days of final preparations at Amanda’s folks place we were finally ready to take off on our first leg of the trip —a quick shakedown tour of the SW of WA to get an idea of whether we had; Too much stuff Not enough stuff Needed to modify our stuff Had the right stuff !!! (figuratively and literally) Certainly by the way the car felt we had more than enough stuff. The normally aspirated, standard diesel landcruiser 100 series not ever being renowned for setting any land speed records, was certainly not going to be setting a cracking pace fully loaded. 100kmh downhill with a following tailwind was likely to be the best case scenario.Still we have a year to get around so saving ourselves the odd half hour in the day was ... read more

Having been in Sydney for over a month I really fancied getting back on the road and visiting pastures new. I jumped on a 5 hour Qantas flight to Perth and to the last Aussie state I had yet to visit, Western Australia. I arrived in Perth mid afternoon and was bowled over by the heat, a really dry heat around the 35-40 degree mark, I had been warned it was a hot area. First day I didn't do too much really, met my mate Phil and wandered around the city, a few photos and a few pints of beer. I knew I'd be hitting the road in a few days so it was my first and last chance to hit a few bars and get pissed. Backpackers night at the Aberdeen hotel (2 for 1 ... read more