Casa Del Power Part 1 07/03/05 - 14/03/05

I went to stay with some family who lived just outside Perth city centre. I'll explain now for people who don't already know! Lesley is my Uncle John's sister! Mark is her husband and William and Fay are their kids!

Lesley and the kids came to pick me up from Cottesloe and take me to stay with them. First day there I got to sit in a pool while drinking wine and chat to some real ozzies at a friend of Lesley's birthday! Spent the next day on my arse in front of the T.V trotting to decide what I wanted to see while I was on the West Coast! The day was broken up by a visit to the doctors as a mozzy bite from Bali had now got a serious infection and my foot had swollen to twice it's normal size! $50 and a weeks worth of strong antibiotics later - I was back at home having a divine home cooked meal and messing around with the kids. The next few days were spent planning Williams sixth birthday so shopping played a large part - this is when I discovered "Target" officially the best shop in the world (so far) and really cheap! Managed to do some campervan research for my trip up North and got to go out for a lovely meal with Lesley and two of her friends! Home cooked meals and dinner out I could get used to this!!!

Spent a day away from party central to wander around Perth, posted some stuff home as physically couldn't carry it all! Visited the Perth Mint - which sounds lame but was actually quite cool - when I got to see them melting gold!!

Saturday me, Mark and the kids went to Caversham wildlife park - where I got to see and feed my first kangaroo! Also got to hold what is probably the fattest wombat in the world ever! As the day was a stifling 42 degrees!!! We headed to City Beach where Fay shamed me by body surfing her way back to shore as I mainly tried not to drown in the waves!!! The next day was Williams birthday party - twenty kids running wild around a water park! It was a good day but by the end of it I was totally shattered, got home and fell asleep on the sofa!

Not many people will probably believe this but Monday March 14th 2005 - was the day Luisa went and actually did a hard days graft helping Mark put up some window guards that he had made. The day continued to get weirder as I actually cooked dinner - Beef Stroganoff - and we all survived to tell the tale and it was bloody lovely!!!

Next stop on my whirlwind tour was a three day trip to the South West of Australia, stay tuned............................