The weather is now full-on winter. And the curse of the Clarkes, follows us to Oz! It is now officially the wettest winter in 71 years! Typical... Anyway, in a dry spell, Mollie got to ride her bike at Perry Lakes. 

Joel or 'Mr Independent' now feeds himself. ...Well he eats some of it. 

The next day after the stop over, we went to Hangover Bay. It was too busy, so we left. 

Then they all decided to be 'dogs' and ride in the boot! 

One of our new drivers. 

Had to put this one in : ) ...... Golly doing 'Ring-a-ring-of-roses'. Who would have thought.... 

The kids loved it, as there were no boundaries... The deset is not huge, and you drove around the sight seeing sections, and stopping to get out and have a look. The kids loved it as they could run anywhere, and we let them hang out of the cars as we went around, and they all got to drive!! Even Joel. (although he was more interested in pressing every button on the dashboard) 

The Pinnicles. A desert full of lumpy rocks. It's much more interesting than it sounds. The desert is 3 hours north of Perth and we went with David, Leslie-Ann etc. We had a great weekend, and stayed overnight in the local Motel. 

Mollie is now started Ballet lessons. "Joel, don't even think about it... football football son!!!!") 

Caoimhe and Mollie on the teacups out at Whiteman Park. 

How many toys???? 

Then our container arrived... 

FINALLY!!! The hire furniture was taken away and the container turned up with all 179 boxes. 

We had our first electrical storm in Perth on Saturday. There was no wind or rain, but huge lightning every two/three seconds. The kids weren't too impressed when I took them out in the car to have a look... (I didn't take the photo either) 

6am Monday and the predicted storm hit Perth and further south. It was a bit windy to say the least, with twenty recorded typhoons in the city and winds in excess of 140kph. No damage done to our rental...

Our container was due in on Wednesday (04/05/05) - but I have since found out that the boat has broken down in Adelaide and our container will have to change vessel. The container had been to Hamburg; Rotterdam; Le Harve; Dunkirk; New York; Norfolk, VA; Savannah; Manzanillo, PA; Pedro Miguel; Papeete; Auckland; Noumea; Sydney; Melbourne and then decided to breakdown with just Adelaide and Freemantle to go!
 

Swan River. See the difference in cloud cover - this photo was taken an hour after the cloudy picture. 

A pub on the water front who I am currently taking to court due to the misrepresentation of products and services.

It was an awful day with the weather.... The clouds were terrible! ..... :-) 

Views from the top of the tower. Perth CDB.