We started off our tour of South-west WA heading out of Perth, south along the Canning Highway. We followed the coast south – quite a bit slower than taking the freeway, but much more interesting and picturesque. We kept to the coast all the way through Rockingham, then down as far as Mandurah, then got … [Read More »]

Today we started off by driving down to the Swan Bells by the Barrack Street Ferry Terminal – we were a little early for them to open, so we spent some time wandering through some of the souvenir shops. Note to self – we have more than enough fridge magnets already, don’t let Leanne near … [Read More »]

Got up early today, jumped in the car and headed north up the Wanneroo Highway to Yanchep National Park then across to the Brand Highway, then further north to Cervantes. We stopped for some lunch, before driving in to the Nambung National Park to drive around the awesome Pinnacles. Quite spectacular. Pity about the weather … [Read More »]

Today was a fairly simple day – slept in a bit, caught the Red CAT across town to collect a rental car, then drove to the Perth Zoo and spent the day there. I’ll write more about Perth Zoo later, possibly on the ZooBeat Forums rather than here. I will post some photos in the … [Read More »]

Today we returned to Freemantle, but this time by train. Caught the Red CAT around to the train station and then a train out to Freemantle. We wandered the streets for a while, admiring the architecture of some of the older buildings in the area, before spending some time browsing through the Freemantle Markets. We … [Read More »]