After arriving at our pre-booked accommodation in Perth, One World Backpackers, I cheekily asked if they had any private double rooms, knowing they only had dorms left.. The owner happened to over-hear, and clearly warmed to us instantly, saying "Listen guys, for a lovely couple like yourselves, I can offer you our modern apartment/villa we have down the road. It's got two bedrooms, bathroom, open plan kitchen/diner, and a lounge" Thinking it will cost the earth, I asked how much. He said, "Ah, we can do it for the same price as what you were gonna pay in the hostel, you seem like you'll take care of it" - (Er, what?) No conferring needed, we both said yes. He took us to the apartment in his car. We were amazed at our luck, it was perfect. The owner, Steve, was so genuine and just said he'd rather rent it to people like us than riff-raff backpackers - oh, yeah ;-)

Since being in Perth, we have met up with Pav, a friend of Ketan's from Finchley. He moved out here a year ago, good seeing a familiar face. Perth is quite glum, and not really a city.. reminds me of Milton Keynes a bit - haha! We leave tomorrow morning (in our ridiculously cheap rental car) for a 2-week road trip down South West Oz..