Today we took the opportunity of the weather improving to take a drive north of Perth along the coast, exploring Cottesloe, City Beach, Scarborough and the northern beaches. It was lovely to see the Indian Ocean in the sunshine as the weather the past few days has been windy and rainy. There were surfers out enjoying the waves at every beach we stopped at. We drove all the way to Joondalup and then headed back to the city to explore Kings Park. Enjoyed a coffee...

We had heaps to do today to organise things with our caravan and car. First we packed up our belongings as we are moving to our friend's house in South Freo for a few nights until we can pick up our caravan. We spent a good part of the day on the phone and also bought solar panels and dropped them off at the caravan yard as they need to be installed. Arrived at her house around 6pm, laden with yummy things to cook for dinner. Made salmon, sweet potato chips and ...

ANZAC day today, and no we didn't take part in any dawn services - other than watching services around the country on TV. We took the opportunity today of it being a public holiday to travel east of Perth to the Swan Valley food and wine trail. We explored a couple of wineries, the oldest church in WA, nut and nougat factories, and importantly for Gadi, a couple of chocolate factories - and even a chocolate liquor place (where of course I had to taste and buy som...

What a relief for us today to take a break from all things caravan and just play tourist for a change. We chilled out in the morning and did a big load of washing as most of our clothes are stored in a freight yard. We explored the hipster cool suburb of Fremantle today including The Round House, built in 1830 and the oldest standing building in WA. The port area is also part of this historical precinct and is now filled with trendy eateries, a small beach and ...

After a great night's sleep and a quick brekky in our new home we drove to the eastern suburbs again where the caravan dealership is situated. After much discussion about the caravans we had seen we felt quite sure about a second hand caravan we'd seen that we felt was most suited to our needs and requirements. It had a lot of extra features including upgraded suspension making it suitable for outback driving, diesel heating (great for cold nights), combined toi...