Blogs from Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 588

We've just handed in the keys for our rental property in Vic Park, and are beginning to realise that we should perhaps start packing! Our flight leaves for Singapore at 7:45am on Thursday 5th October..... read more

So after I posted my last entry in London, I went for a walk around the city on the monday and looked at some of the design shops in the Oxo Tower building and bought a reading light from one shop which is essentially a wire person reading where the light is it's head. After that I walked over to St Pauls Cathederal and climbed the 520 odd steps in narrow one way corridors to the top where there is a magnificant view of the city. And the monuments to the Duke of Wellington and Lord Nelson are quite impressive too. On the tuesday I packed my bags in the morning then went for a tour around the new globe theatre then sat along the themes for a bit before heading out to Heathrow for my ... read more

Long time no hear…aber mit den meisten sind wir ja eh via email und skype in Kontakt. Daher auch nur wenige Worte, aber dafür ein paar Bilder. Der Frühling kommt ..endlich… nach einem kalten Winter in Österreich und einem nicht ganz so kalten Winter in Perth, freuen wir uns wirklich auf den Sommer, Strand, baden, Sonnencreme nicht vergessen… Heute wollten wir tauchen gehen, kurz vor der Abfahrt bekamen wir einen Anruf, dass zuviel Strömung ist, tauchen somit zu gefährlich, da haben wir uns kurzerhand entschlossen mit den Boogie Boards an den Strand zu fahren….schaut euch mal die Wellen an… Wolfgang hat 2 erwischt, ich bin nicht mal raus gekommen, weil die Wellen so groß und stark sind, dass sie mich bei jedem Anlauf wieder retour geworfen haben… aber Übung macht den Meister…das wird schon noch… ... read more

The following day we headed for Denham and stopped on the way to see the Stromatolites. Anyone who has seen them or read Bill Bryson's 'Down Under' will know all about these but for everyone else I will explain! They are huge colonies of bacteria that have been around for millions of years and are thought to be what made life in our oceans possible by producing oxygen. Cool, huh? Until you seem them that is because they just look like dark grey rocks on a beach! Next stop, Monkey Mia where you can see wild dophins coming into the shore and a particular pod are fed (only a small proportion of their daily requirement though) - was looking forward to this as everyone had been raving about it but was hugely disappointed, it was all ... read more

After my trip to Kakadu, I spent a few days chilling out (and clawing at my numerous insect bites!) in Darwin (tours can be soooooo exhausting!!), going out drinking/partying and looking for a lift to Broome. Another girl from my tour, Lauren, had the same idea so we went in search together. Lauren met some guys - Oz, Norm (2 israelis) and Manuel (a Spaniard), in her hostel who were heading that way and had space in their car so we arranged to meet them for a drink (to suss them out!) and decided they seemed like laid back, fun loving guys so agreed to go with them and started planning our road trip :) We took 4 days to drive across and covered nearly 2,000km. It was quite a tight squish fitting all of our ... read more