Yesterday was spent in the saddle (of a push bike that is) on the beautiful island of Rottnest. Rotto, as it is known by the locals, is an island about 10km long by 6km wide at the widest point and the ferry journey there takes about half an hour from Freo. The island got it's name from the king sized rats that were seen there by the first settlers, hence 'Rat's Nest'. It was soon realised however, that theses funny little creatures are in fact small walla...

Weight: undisclosable Alcohol units: far too many People at hostel older than me: 1 Well, I'm still in Freo, although now Lisa and Matt have left I plan on moving on soon. It's official - am middle aged saddo. Spent Saturday on South Beach at the Reggae Party, which was in fact pants and consisted of one stereo which could not even be heard from the beach. Managed to have fun anyway as there were about 10 of us from the hostel and we played games on t...

Tragedy has struck - no sooner had I put my salad cream in the communal fridge, than someone knocked it out and smashed it! Back to the eternal hunt for the dressing that is NOT the same as mayonnaise, despite what they say in the shops. Haven't been up to much as hanging around here seeing Lisa and Matt, but have managed to palm quite a lot of stuff I've acquired en route off on them to take back to England - Thank you both, my rucksack feels decidedly lig...

Hello there everyone, thought I may as well attempt to be "hip and trendy", hence this card is from Freo. Nope, it's no use, I still feel old. Not much to add tday I'm afraid, but for some reason the computer here at the hostel is free at the moment and the owners aren't here, so thought I'd make the most of it and bore you all with nonsense. Still having trouble trying to locate somewhere to upload photographs though - there are still some from Veitnam an...

Friday morning I was up early and on my way to the car hire place. Lisa, Matt and I had decided to head further south to the Margaret River area. They had both forgotten to bring their driving licence, so the driving was down to me, but it was decided that at least this way we would have much more freedom to go exactly where we wanted. Things started badly, with the 20 minute drive to Sam's taking over an hour. I just kept going round in circles and every...