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Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth March 1st 2024

Just before Christmas I noticed an ad on Facebook for a cruise deal which seemed unbelievable. It offered flight to Perth, 3 nights there in a 5 star hotel then boarding a ship in Freo followed by a 63 day cruise which covered 5 continents eventually ending in London. Then 3 nights there and a flight home all for $8999. I showed it to Fletcher and after a couple of days thought we grabbed the opportunity. The firm is Cruise 1st and this was the second half of a round the world cruise by a UKshipping line called Ambassador. When I rang to book I found I could upgrade to an Ocean View room for an extra thousand, still making it very affordable. So here we are in Perth on the first leg of the journey. ... read more
John Septimus Roe, first surveyor general of WA
Town Hall
Interesting statue of Percy Button

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth January 13th 2024

Tour Days 94-95 – First, I knew Australia was big just by looking at a map; however, I didn’t realize just how big. When compared to the contiguous 48 states (the lower 48), the United States is 3.2 million square miles (8.1 million km 2) while Australia is about the same – 3 million square miles (7.8 million km 2). Initially, I was planning to rent a car and drive around Australia; however, I discovered a web site, campermanaustralia.com, which has several road trip variations for discovering Australia. The web site prefaces the trips on digesting Australia and not just sniffing this diverse country. The straight-forward trip, the “Circumnavigation Around Australia,” is 17,100 km (10,625 mi.) takes 244 hours of driving time and requires 3 months or more. Of course, just following the coast omits the ... read more
Australia Population Distribution
The Australian Outback
The Nullarbor Plain

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth » Kalamunda October 21st 2023

After getting back to Australia from Europe, I set my sights on trekking the Bibbulmun Track in Western Australia. The track is one of thr world's long distance walking trails, stretching from Kalamumda in the Perth Hills, to Albany on the West Australian south coast, a distance of just over 1,000kms. It would take me approximately two months to complete an End to End, carrying a full pack including all food. There are 9 sections to the track and you can re stock with food at track towns along the way or organise for food drops if you are able to. So alot of planning was needed, but with Covid, International and State Border closures, coupled with a foot operation, it meant I was unable to get to Perth in West Australia till September 2022. I ... read more
The Northern Terminus of Bibbulmun Track
Kalamunda to Hewitts Hill
Waalegh to Beraking

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth June 12th 2023

Day 1: Friday April 7th 2023 – Flying to Perth Good Friday, and what promises to be the start of a very good week. Our first family holiday overseas for 4 years and pre-COVID. I’m discounting last year’s holiday to UK as that was a trip to see family although we did enjoy a week in London at the end. Not only COVID which turned the world upside down, but this is also the first blog for a decade in which time I’ve been blessed with the addition of two sons to my family. I’ll start the journey at the airport in Singapore where we now live (we’ve been here for 8 years) after 4 years in China in Beijing and then Shanghai after my round the world trip ended at Christmas 2009. We’re flying Scoot, ... read more
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Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth May 16th 2023

We flew to Perth on Virgin on Monday, 15th. I had booked this over a year ago and we were certainly looking forward to travelling again. The flight was smooth except as usual, they had run out of the toasted sandwiches we wanted for lunch. After arriving in Perth, we got a taxi into the Parmelia Hilton, arriving about 4pm. After checking in we went to the bar for some food and a drink or two. We had two small but delicious tacos and a glass or two of wine. We then walked up to the main street and found a bottle shop to get a couple of bottles for our room.We then rested for a while to watch the news and then went down to the dining room for dinner.This restaurant is called Samuel's so ... read more
The Homestead
Path to the Swan River
Bush tucker for tasting

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth May 2nd 2023

I'm going to try to avoid to be late by weeks/months on the coming few blogs...more discoveries to come in 2023...but first, here is my third visit to Perth area. No diving on this trip, it's all about golf golf and drink few solid wines! I'm down under for a full 8 days. My lovely wife being very busy in the office, she is down for five days for the long 1st May weekend. Bali to Perth is only 3 hours and half away. We have the choice between Jetstar, Batik or Air Asia once it comes to direct connections. They are all low-cost airlines. Jetstar has a solid bad reputation the last few months, so that's a no no. I'm actually more than happy with Batik planes and 20kgs allowance...but the schedule is not great. ... read more
WA oysters time...the Sauvignon Blanc is from NZ!
Local mussels and Belgian beer...
Say hi....

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth » Perth City September 1st 2022

1Sep2022 (Thurs) - Sunny We only had half a day before we need to catch our flight back to Singapore. After checking out, we pushed A on the stroller to our breakfast place (Croff Bakehouse). We wanted to take the free bus, but can't find the bus stop, so in the end we walked the entire journey. It was actually very nice to walk in that weather. We ordered a few croissants and a cake. The croissants were not bad, but the cake was just average. We then went to KMart to do our one and only shopping for the trip. The place was pretty huge, but I didnt get anything for myself as it was really difficult to shop around with A. But I did bought some kids clothes for A and my friend's daughter. ... read more
Goodbye Perth, till next time!

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth » Perth City August 31st 2022

Day 6: 31Aug2023 (Wed) - Sunny I can't remember what we had for breakfast.. I only remembered the dishwasher was leaking as we washed our plates in it the night before. Anyway, after we checked out, we were off to Geographe Marina for the main activity of the day, which was whale watching! I was actually very excited as I have not seen whale before. The tour that we booked was All Seas Charter. We were slightly late when we reached so we were quite embarrassed as the rest of people were waiting for us to set off.. The boat was slightly old and not as big as I expected, but the crew were pretty friendly. There were 2 levels on the boat, but it was too difficult to bring A up to level 2 as ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth » Como July 29th 2022

I loved: - Steve Woods friendship and hospitality, Coolgardie - Royal Flying Doctor Nullarbor Highway airstrips - the Bunda Cliffs, Great Australian Bight - Head of Bight - Windmills, Penong - Fowlers Bay and the sand dunes - Meeting up with John and Pauline Gummery - Bunyeroo Valley Geological Trail, Flinders Ranges - Acacia Ridge hike to the summit, Arkaroola, Gamon Ranges - Farina Bakehouse - Oodnadatta Track - William Creek Pub - Painted Desert - The Breakaways, Coober Pedy - Coward Springs on Oodnadatta Track - Marree Pub dinners number 29 twice! - Helpful mechanical advice from Sam Belotti - convoying with David Date and Kerry Date, Birdsville Track - free camping at Tippipilia Creek with David and Kerry - Koonchera Dune on Birdsville Track - Birdsville Track - Diamantina River - Big Red ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth September 27th 2019

We left early today to make a round trip of the suburbs of Perth. Our first port of call was the amaizing strawberry farm where you can try before you buy. Then onwards, anti-clockwise into the Perth Hills, to the east of Perth where we visited Arthur Hutson and his two sons in Lesmurdie. Arthur is an old friend (101 years old) of Winks and Sue's parents from Rhodesia days. He may be the oldest living Rhodesian! Chris made us a lovely tea and we added some of our Mum's Rock buns, which she always used to make for the tennis parties we had at Marlow' - our family home. The conversations were all based on our shared history of Rhodesia. We hurried on northwards to Tony's breakers yard, where Terry was able to purchase a ... read more
Tea and sandwiches with Arthur and his two sons Robert and Chris
Outside Arthur's home in Lesmurdie
Tony's Breakers yard




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