In about 1860 Capt Fawcett had some land in Pinjarra. He wanted more so he went over the scarp and took up land at 'Mokine' and the track he used to get there is now called the Capt Fawcet Track. Andrew and I went to Dwellingup to start the track. We stayed overnight at Nanga Townsite. There has been a few improvements in the area. At Baden Powell you can book a spot in the new camp ground. It is on the other side of the road from the river but it has all the ame...

We had another annual trip to Wellington Dam. They seem to be getting bigger with about 35 people this time. The weather was perfect, just warm during the day and not cold at night. There were not too many marron and of 15 the boys caught last night only 1 was size. I did see a lot of baby marron and the water level in very high so we should get a couple of good seasons in the near future. We also saw more Red Fin Perch this year than ever before. They look like ...

To get there I went to get a trishaw but they didn't understand "Shwedagon" I walked back into my hotel and got someone to write it down. They told me I cant take trishaw there cos they not allowed in the area. I went back to the trishaw riders and showed them and one said "Shweeeedago" I said "you F ing ****** you said nearly the same as me and you don't understand me?" We are talking about the NO1 sight in all Myanmar, everyone who comes here goes there. Some o...

Well I really am on the way home now. The trip on the bus was one of the easiest I have done here. There were only 2 westerners on the bus and they sat me next to the girl from Belgium. I had to explain the couple of stops we made but otherwise she slept most of the way. I managed to get a couple of hours. We arrived at the bus station at about 4am and the usual scrum of taxi drivers greeted us. I negotiated for both of us to go to Motherland, where she is stayin...

When we got here there was the usual taxi drivers scrum. We are all tourists on the ferry so that is big money for them. When they found out I was going to Eden they backed off and I got a horse cart. The place I was going is just up the road. The Eden hotel is OK but they said they have WiFi and dont and they said hot water and they dont. I got a room on the roof, I'm in the penthouse baby. Other than yhat it is an OK room with my own bathroom. I am on the Bagan...