Just as well it's only an overnight stop in Carnarvon, the place is a bit of a hole for want of a better word. A less sulubrious venus is how Andrew would put it I think. We only stopped here to break up the journey North and our accomodation was a palacial 1970's static caravan with full floral decoration and chemical toilet. Andrew (not used to the caravan high life) spent most of the night lying down after continually bumping his head on something every time he moved. I convinced him it would be safer if he just stayed still.... read more

Booyakasha!! - Can I get a reeeeeeewind???? I'm back on these pages after an absence of a month or so, so how the hell are we? Anyway, enough about you, let's talk about us for a while. Sooooooooo, where are we? Well today(ish, actually last week) we're in this bizarre place called Hutt River Province. Hutt River Province is an independent soverign state in the middle of Western Ausralia, "what" I hear you say, "just like Monaco?" Yes, just like Monaco and Hong Kong come to mention it. Let me take you back to where it all began, are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin. In 1969, a farmer from Western Australia, Sir Leonard Georges Casley opposed himself for the first time to his administration of custody. Owner of an important farm, Sir Leonard Casley was ... read more

The weather has perked up nicely for our trip to the beautiful Margaret River Region. It's just a perfect setting for a wee trip to sample the region's local delights. Number one on the list wine, wine and more wine as well as some cheese, venison, olive oil, and most importantly for me a wee trip down to Willie Wonka's. The wine was good as was the cheese, venison and oil and the chocolate certainly didn't let us down, however I was pretty dissappointed I didn't see any Oompah Loompah's! The tour was done really well by this guy called Tony who was an ex surfie Margaret River local. There were only three others on the tour so it wasn't to rushed. Afterwards we returned home a little confused about the art of wine tasting, quite ... read more

'Castle Rock' was a recommended hike in the guide book so off we went to find it in Porongurup National Park. It was a drizzly, foggy day but we made the most of it and hiked for 4 hours to try and see the 'spectacular' view amongst the fog. The hike was fairly easy until the last 20 minutes when we had to scramble over and under rocks and through caves. After scrammbling through the last cave I thought the hard work would be immediately rewarded with the styunning view, unfortunately we still had to climb up a long, rusty and slippery ladder to the very top of 'Castle Rock'. Andrew bravely went up first as I lingered at the bottom contemplating the steep ladder (heights are not my favourite things!) I eventually decided to make ... read more

A trip to Pemberton and we arrive at the amazing Tingle Tree Forrest. It is basically a suspension bridge constructed among the tops of some very large and very old trees. It was a bit weird being among the tree tops, a place where you would never normally get a perspective on life from.... read more