Today both J and me got stuck with some work to do before we got on our way to the wave. Decided to take the van with us, even though we will be coming back this way. Arrived at Hyden, the town near wave rock about midday and found the locals really had… more »

Up this morning an back to the Museum for the kids and me.  Josie is doing another one of her all too comon teleconferences. Kids had another good hour playing in the interactive area and then we had a look through the rest of the museum, before we… more »

Travel today through to Albany and on the way we come across a Dinosaur Museum in the middle of nowhere. strange place with life size dinosaur skeletons, reptiles on display and then outside, many parrots and other birds that are flying free and will… more »

Started today with some work, for Josie and Tony. Then I started really earning my keep by fixing the plumbing. Quite proud of myself, for I fixed the plumbing and it supprisingly still seems to work! Finally got out of the van park at midday and off t… more »

Started today with a plumbing issue. Poor Harry dropped the toothpaste cap down the sink, and do you think we can get it out. Tried with plunger etc, but looks like a job for tomorrow to fix, as it is just not coming out (and neither is the water)! O… more »

Today we drove south to Cape Leeuwin light house. It is here that the Southern Ocean meets the Indian Ocean. Also this is the south west most point of the Australian. Climbed up the light house for some wonderful views, and learnt about some of the histo… more »

Started the day with Josie doing a teleconfernce and me fixing some of the PC's at Cpharm. Managed to get that finished by by about 10:30 and we next door for a very yummy breakfast at the vineyard and cafe next door. Yes our life is tough! Next of tow… more »

Raining today. Yes we asked for rain as we had not seen it for such a long time, but OK I have had enough already! Spent the morning catching up on some work and then when tasting tour was in order. Went to a nut factory, Margaret River Nuts and Cereal… more »

Drove to what we thought would be a cool caravan park on a farm, but no phone reception, so this was not for us. Drove back 30km’s north (yes from where we had just come) to another Farm park (which was also a big 4 park). Checked in and found there was… more »

Of course today we visited the Busselton jetty, which is a 2.6 km long jetty. We did all the touristy things, including the lunch on the water front, the train ride out to the end of the jetty (I could have walked faster but all part of the experience),… more »

Today drive south to Busselton, and on the way stop at Terri and Graeme’s place for a lovely morning tea. Terri and Graeme have been friends with the Ezzy’s for many years and used to baby sit Josie (a long time ago!) took rest of day to get down to Bus… more »

Decided to catch the 10:30 ferry as we did not think we would make the 7:30 one! Ok trip across but a bit wobbly, which made Harry, Charlotte, Emily and me) all feel a bit sick. Bit no one managed to feed the fish! Rottnest was a lovely place, very rela… more »

In the morning we visited Scitect again as we had not completed all the todo from the day before. We saw a planetarium show that showed the night sky for perth on thr 12th November, and also advised us the space station would be going overhead at 8pm ton… more »

Today we visited the Aquarium, which was very well set out and displayed. The kids had a great time seeing the sharks and rays in underwater walkways. Also they loved the touch pool that had fish you could touch. Both big and small kids liked this! The… more »

Today I got to see the famous Perth Mint, and saw gold being poured into a Gold Bar. we also saw the 2 nd biggest natural gold nugget in the world and touch a gold bar worth a couple of hundred thousand dollars. Now if I could only find one of those just… more »

Off today to Kings Park and the botantical gardens. Very impressive. We did a wild flower walk, unfortuately most of the wildflowers had already finished. Anyway the talk was informative and interesting for Josie and Me, the kids enjoyed the running arou… more »

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My birhday today so the kids cooked breakfast, well I helped just a little. J's work was having a few dramas so she spent much of the morning on the phone. Kids and I went and purchased some groceries and a cake for afternoon tea. Went out to a great… more »

Off to city this moring as we are hoping to make it to a concert at the Perth concert hall. The concert was called "Bach to the future" as was aimed at 5-12 year olds. First off went shopping, and then when we got to the show we found there were no seats… more »

Pack up and hitch up the van for the move further down the coast. We have been supprised how cold it has got just in the last couple of days. Temps are now mid 20's where as just a few days ago day temps were in mid to high 30's. How quickly things chang… more »

Spent much of the day hanging around the park today and catching up on the washing and domestic chores, with quite of bit of office work added in. In the afternoon we took a drive to see the pinacles, which are limstone rocks/ towers in a desert/ sandy… more »

Fist off this morning a visit to the HMS Sydney Memorial. This was created to comemorate the Sydney II which was sunk  70 years ago with the loss of all the personal (approx 320 People). No evidence was found for the wreck about from one body which washe… more »

Nice people at the park allowed us to leave the van onsite for an extra couple of hours while we checked out the national park (dirt road). Drove into the park and up to see Natures Window, and Z Bend. Very great views, and colours. Swiming looked good… more »

Another Dolphin encounter this morning and Emily got chosen to feed the dolphin today. Then pack up and drive through to Shell beach, a beach made entirely of shells. Past the bug electric fence that keeps out the feral animals from the national park and… more »

Up to see the dophins being fed and this time Harry got to feed a dolphin. Again very lucky as there would have been a couple of hundred people at the first feed. We stayed for all three and then we decided to extend our stay till the next day.   Jumpe… more »

In the morning went down to see the Dolphins getting fed. Currently there is a new pup so you were not allowed in the water as this may confuse the new baby who is only 2 days old. Charlotte got picked to feed one of the dolphins, very lucky. There were… more »

Visited Hamelin Pool where the stromatolites  are. Stromatolites are living fossils. They are made of layers of bateria and take millions of years to form. They think they are the oldest life form on earth and they generated the oxygen that was required… more »

Bit of a drive down south, heading towards Monkey Mia. First major town was Canarvon, provider of a large proportion of the states fruit and vege. We got there and all was closed... then we realised that this was a public holiday in WA due to COGM in Per… more »

Another teleconference started the day for Josie while the rest of us had a slow start. We did a glass bottom boat and snorkel tour at 10 am, which Emily was engrossed in for the first hour as she watched the corals under the boat. Charlotte, Harry and m… more »

Drive to Coral Bay at the bottom of Nigaloo reef. Interesting place as there was nothing here apart from the resort, and two holiday / caravan parks. To support this there was power, water (of sorts), supermarket, bakeries, day spas, hardware store, etc… more »

Hard choice today so back we went to Turquoise bay for some more snorkelling. Back in the afternoon for a spot of fishing ... aye this is the life!   more »

  Back to the visitor centre to check out the boat cruise and the best place to take the kids. Boat cruise only going once a day now so we decided to give this a miss.   Drove down to Turquoise Bay where we got to snorkel on Ningaloo reef. The reef wa… more »

Dive up to Exmouth and find we had to take our own water to the national park and our caravan park. Good town though as they supplied water at the information centre so we able to fill the van up with drinking water. Did a bit of a shop for some food and… more »

 Another driving day as there really is not much out here. You can certainly see why this area is so sparcely populated, as the land is pretty bare and there really is not much. The main thing missing here is the reliance on water or reliable water sourc… more »

Another Day another national park, seriously a great national park. We first went to the visitors centre and then down to the Fortescue Falls for a quick look. On to Fern pool for a swim. This kids were not so keen here as it was all over ones head, but… more »