Got up early to book up Johns recommendation for the Whale watching which is lucky as they were quickly sold out as it was such a lovely day. We sailed out of the harbour in search of the humpback whale and was soon rewarded with a sighting of a mum and baby whale but they were not particularly entertaining as the baby was attempting in flight re-fueling so we left them in peace. We suddenly came across a whole gang of humpbacks who appeared exited to have som...

We arrived at Karen's aunts house for the wedding just in time to find a White marque in the grounds of two houses that has been joined by an interconnecting passage way ( we later discovered that the aunt had given her house to her daughter and built a smaller one next door). Their must of been around 40 guests which appeared to be mostly family with Karen only having two friends in total plus their guests. The service was conducted by a official registrar of ...

Arrived into Perth and quickly picked up the hired car which was an automatic which gave me some comfort as I knew I had to concentrate on the only two road signs they have in Australia "Stop & Go" I quickly acclimatised to their systems but overall it was very pleasant as nobody broke the speed limits or rarely ever overtook each other, which was very unnerving for a city slicker such as me, as I suspected a police car to be lurking behind a tree. Arriving ...

Waking up in our hotel after a good rest following our late arrival the night before reminded us of our journey in from the hotel on how modern the whole island appeared especially as you approached the city with it's multitude of skyscrapers all extending it's tentacles into the sky line. We were picked up in front of the hotel by the tour operator and made our way to their central transport hub where you change into your designated tour, with all the tourists ...

May the guide & car duly picked us up and gave us plenty of choices to include in our day for which we chosed a visit to the 1956 built palace which was very interesting bit by the time we got down to the bomb shelters I was sweating for Britain We visited a top quality lacquer factory and was shown the process involved - resulting on clare buying a price for Karens wedding and myself an addition to our art collection , May said that she has. Never seen a...