It's been an eventful few days.. :

- Ketan got a tattoo done on his neck in Perth by a very scary looking man, looks great (see photos)
- The following day, after driving 150km en-route to our next stop, Ketan realises he's lost his wallet.
- We phone the bar we were at that afternoon, they are holding the wallet at reception (HOW lucky?)
- We drive back to the bar in the early evening, find no accommodation - so we sleep in the car (Boo!)
- Bushfire hell near Melbourne causes havock across the whole of Australia, all over the news
-Bushfire hell predicted for the route we plan to take for the next week, here in South West Oz..

So, that all sums it up briefly. It's been an amusing and memorable few days, to say the least! But after all the missions, we're now at the beautiful small town Margaret River, about 300km South of Perth. En-route we passed Fremantle, Busselton (which happened to be hosting a swimathon that very day) and a few other coastal wonders. We have based ourselves in Margaret River for the past 2 days so far, with the intent of staying one more night at a cosy little B&B. Edna, the sweet old lady who owns the B&B, pretty much gave us a whole days itinerary of what to do. This included visiting Lake Cave, enjoying free wine tasting at two huge wineries (Luewin Estate & Voyager), going for a dip at Hamelin Bay which had clear turqoise sea and white sand, and a few other great stop-offs along the coastal drive. All in all, a great day, topped off by going to Surfers Point for sunset:

Driving in a new car is fun. There are no funky noises coming from this car, yay! It's an automatic Toyota Yaris, which is the most BASIC car - I think a child could drive it. The landscape around the South West is awesome, probably the best driving we've done so far. Although, for long-distance driving I miss having a huge, powerful engine which the car we bought had. We still have a fairly long drive ahead of us. We plan to go to Albany, which is still another 400km from here. In between we will stop at various forest/timber towns and hopefully come away with fond memories from our last month in Oz.

P.s I've uploaded photos, but I couldn't organise them because Flickr wouldn't let me today. Sorry for all the sunset repeats etc, will organise as soon as I can!