Perth

Arrived here on Monday at 11am after 4hr flight from Melbourne and a 3 hour difference.  Perth is a smaller city reminds us of Thunder Bay years ago more old fashioned.  We really like it here have walked all over the downtown and again loads of shops and things to see. Once again free buses all over the city so we hop on and off to explore great system the locals also use them to get around.  Yesterday we took a ferry to Rottnest Island  which is 1hr 1/2 from Perth out in the Indian Ocean. There are no cars on this Island (June rem Fire Island ?)  it is amazing the coral reef, blue ocean were we went swimming I did not want to leave.  We saw a "Quokka" they look like smal Kangaroos they are not to be found anywhere else on the world !!  We met a guy on the boat from Ottawa left the same day we did.  Kevin has walked again all over and finding all sort of neat places.  Today we are going to Kings Park and doing a tree top walk and this evening going to Burwood Casino to try our luck!!!  we may never go home if we win big.  Tomorrow we fly to Adelaide for two nights taking a Murray River day cruise on Friday then starting our overland 7day land treck to Alice Springs and everything in between.  We are over a week on the go already time is flying I dont want it to end. Cheers for now MR & K