Join us - Mark, Penny, Fleur and Ellie - as we plan to take some time in the slow lane and circumnavigate Australia in our Larry the Landcruiser and Carrie the Caravan. This blog will hopefully serve as a diary of our trip as well as a means of keeping our family and friends up to date with our travels. We hope you enjoy the ride with us!

Friday, 7 March 2014

Perth

Perth, the capital city of Western Australia and the worlds most remote substantial city. Closer to Jakarta in Indonesia than Canberra in Australia. Perth was originally founded by Captain James Sterling in 1829 and named after Perth in Scotland.

Freemantle or Freo, Fleur and Ellie with Bon Scott the former AC/DC lead singer and Freo's most famous son (he was born in Scotland). We ate fish and chips from Cicerellos which has been serving for more than 100 years right inside Australia’s largest fishing boat harbour (however the fish they served comes from New Zealand)
Fishing for our tea on Rockingham Pier, we all managed to catch a number of blow fish which are tiny and poisonous so they had to be returned - Ellie, Fleur and Penny managed to catch a proper fish although none were big enough to feed the family so were all returned to the sea to grow a bit.

Perth Zoo - Fleur and Ellie with Uncle Kevin and a gorilla, or is that Uncle Bry? A fun day spent learning about endangered species as part of the girls schooling. Perth zoo was first opened in1898 and is now dedicated to animal conservation.

Perth skyline looking north across the Swan River from South Perth. Interesting facts about Perth, it is home to the largest inner city park in the world - Kings Park which is bigger than New York's Central Park and Perth was nominated by U.S astronauts as the 'City of Lights' - as it stands out as the bright spot on earth.
End of a fun week in Perth with Penny's brother on Rockingham beach at sunset. Fleur and Ellie loved spending time with their Uncle whom they hadn't seen for a couple of years.
 
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5 comments:

  1. UnknownFriday, March 07, 2014 6:16:00 am

    Good luck with the fishing - I'm sure you'll be catching heaps soon! Hxx

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  2. Pat BartleFriday, March 07, 2014 6:16:00 am

    What a lovely time you must have had with penny's brother who you haven't seen for a couple of years . Uncle Bry says if gorilla was a bit blacker it would be just like him ah ah .enjoy the next leg of your journey and we look forward to reading about your travels love to you all xx

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  3. Matthew, Eilidh, C and LFriday, March 07, 2014 7:53:00 am

    We've been to the original Perth (well, not L, but the rest of us have). It doesn't look very similar to this young usurper!

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  4. Davies Family Big Country AdventureFriday, March 07, 2014 2:42:00 pm

    Aunty Pat: just so you know, Penny has identical twin brothers, Bry and Kev, hence the reference to Uncle Bry with Uncle Kev!

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  5. Pat BartleFriday, March 07, 2014 9:00:00 pm

    What a coincidence .we had a laugh and thought it very funny .as you know uncle Brian likes a joke xx

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