Today we pick up a campervan, which will be our home for the last 11 days of our trip as we explore the coast and outback of Western Oz (and for WRR who know them, a date with Doug & Meg on Thursday). We have spent two nights in Perth and have rather taken to the city. No iconic sights (the wonderful Art-Deco building that houses the rather posh Youth Hostel is perhaps the most attractive) but the harbour area alongside the Swan River, with the beautiful Swan Bell Tower and extensive Parkland is a lovely place to spend a few hours. We took a river cruise to Fremantle (or Free-o as the locals call it), which is the commercial port of Perth and very attractive it was too - lots of dosh in the area if the number of Yacht Clubs and riverside mansions was anything to go by. The light is wonderful here; so clear and bright, it puts you in mind of the north coast of Cornwall. We had excellent fish & chips (as everywhere in OZ & NZ; that's yet another thing we invented that the colonials now seem to do better than us) and visited the Shipwreck museum, of which there seem to have been rather a lot of the centuries, with the Dutch losing rather a lot of boats. Also called in at the microbrewery, where Paul couldn't resist trying the Aussie cider. Then back to Perth for a lovely sunset, where the waters of the river reflected back the pink sky.
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