Back to Perth

On Wednesday 23rd June it was pouring with rain as we made the trek from Dongara back to Perth. We were planning to stay at Lancelin but the weather was terrible so, after a coffee stop at Ledge Point, we continued on to our favourite caravan park at Fremantle. The following days we caught the train into town and visited the WA Museum and Art Gallery and took a tour through the Perth Mint where we watched liquid gold being poured into a bar. We also checked out the Maritime Museum and Shipwrecks Gallery that contained the remains of several dutch ships including the Batavia, Australia's second oldest known shipwreck, that was wrecked off the coast of WA in 1629. Hannah was fascinated with a skeleton in the museum whom she claimed she knew from Hope Street (hope everyone back there is OK). We spent a week camped in the Swan Valley and enjoyed bike riding and visiting Lilac Estate Winery, Ironbark brewery and Yahava Koffeeworks for tastings. But the best part of the last two weeks has been the people we have caught up with. We had a great time staying with Kate, Stu and Fin, and on July 6th we picked Anthony up from the airport.....the girls were soooo excited! We camped out with the Whites again at Wanneroo and were lucky enough to catch up with Peta, Reece and Bailey (Tassie travellers) just down the road. The following day we finally saw Sean and Steph and met the gorgeous baby Jonah. He is so incredibly cute and Hannah and Ashleigh are loving playing with their new cousin. There were also a couple of repairs to be done on Daisy including replacing a sway bar underneath there somewhere, and putting in some new interior light globes. The weather has turned incredibly cold now (coldest winter on record!) and the rains have come so we are looking forward to heading north again very soon.