Our Summer Hideaway: Rottnest Island on Instagram
Whilst everyone in the northern hemisphere is excited that warmer days are just around the corner, down under we should be saying goodbye to the lazy hazy days of summer. But summer’s lingering….todays’ temperature of...
Sunday Snapshot: Perth
Have you seen a quokka? Unless you have visited Rottnest Island, the answer is probably no for this little fella is mainly found on this island off the coast of Western Australia about 12kms...
Wildflowers of the West
Western Australia is famous for its wildflowers. From the harsh red dust of the north to the cooler vineyards of the south, a wave of colour spreads down the state from June to November. In...
Sculpture by the Sea
Cottesloe Beach has played host to quite a few events lately. The Australia Day Challenge took place on January 26 and last month, it was the time for the swimmers in the annual Rottnest Channel...
The Rottnest Channel Swim
It’s on again! Every year, on this weekend in February, the Rottnest Channel swim, a 19.7 kilometre swim from Cottesloe Beach to Rottnest Island, takes place. From its humble beginnings in 1991, the swim, which...
Street Art at South Fremantle Power Station
Four kilometres south of Fremantle, lies the abandoned South Fremantle Power Station. Looking desolate and unkept, it is not the sort of place I would normally venture into…. until I heard the building was covered...
Finding Fremantle
Fremantle is not lost! I just needed to return and spend a day finding Fremantle again. Thirty minutes from Perth, Fremantle is Western Australia’s major port. Hosting the America’s Cup in 1987 certainly put Fremantle...
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