Blogs from Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 11

From Perth we headed south to Margaret River known for its big surf and ample wineries. On the way we saw our first native animals since arriving in OZ- kangaroos. Hopping across a field as we drove I was so happy to see these animals in their natural homes instead of pent up in some zoo. I set about yelling "kangaroo" for the rest of the week every time we saw our marsupial friends (much to Ev's delight- I think I nearly scared him off the road a few times). We continued our drive into Margaret River and instantly knew we were in a very nice area. We were staying at Walcliffe House the first residence built in Margs by the Bussell family. We wound down the drive and our jaws dropped in amazement at the ... read more

Jeff proves that going to work is bad for your health! On the 11th of July our lives changed in a big way…hence adding two blogs at the same time and some of the first blog being now “old news”. Sorry to all those finding out about the accident just now through our blog, but we just didn’t get around to letting everyone know separately. First things first, Jeff is alive and can walk & talk…in a split second that outcome could have been a lot different. Thank you to his guardian angel, whoever you are, love ya work! On a cold, wet & windy Margs Friday Jeff headed off to work on Boris II (the motorbike) like normal at about 6:40am. At 7:10 the mobile phone rang at home (usually Jeff has the mobile with ... read more

Kangaroo - tick. Wallaby - tick. Crocodile - tick. Snake - tick. Termite mound- tick. Didgeridoo - tick. Unfeasibly large spider - tick. Wild pigs - tick. Enormous-eared cows - tick. 4 weeks in Australia and we have at least seen some of the "tourist" sites... though some remain elusive: Bobbly cork hat on an actual person; Koala Bear; Shark; Whale; Paul Hogan. Not sure we will get to see everything though we'll give the whales a shot (not literally) here in Western Australia where the sun is shiiiiinning and the ocean looks beautiful. Since our last blog we have visited: Port Douglas - higher end touristy, not much to report apart from great fish (to eat); Atherton Tablelands - pastoral, fertile land behind the rainforest - we loved seeing the cranes, herons, pigs, kangaroos and ... read more

We travelled to Margaret River with Dara, an Irish guy we'd met in Perth, and met Cat on the bus on the way down. The four of us had a couple of really funny, drunken days at Margaret River, sampling the local wines, liquers, champagnes, cocktails, cheese, chocolate, ice cream....so a lot of indulgence! We spent the first day exploring and watched the sun set at the beach which was cool. On the second day, we went on a wine tour of the region which was excellent. The area is beautiful, really green and lush, with lots of bushland, parks and a great beach. The wine tour guide was really entertaining, and made us a lovely lunch which we had sitting outside at one of the wineries - had some of the best food we've had ... read more

Goodness me I really havn't written on here in aaaagggggeesss!! This may be rather long!!!hehehe Sorry about that guys, I guess you've all missed my little updates over the last week (or were you secretly relieved :P hehe) Lets start at last Tuesday when I travelled down to Margaret River with Laura (Han's cousin). Got up at 5am to meet her at the airport!!! It was totally worth it though and we really got on like a house on fire! Margaret River is soooooo beautiful, and although the weather was not at all in our favour I still had the best time there and was able to appreciate all of the stunning scenery etc... We started of our Tuesday by hitting the wineries at about 10.30 - 11am ish!! haha This was fun, and some of ... read more