on to Perth

Australia 

Home for the next three days

and a 5 minute walk from an outlet mall [a store called Cotton On was a HUGE hit in my books..thankful for good sales]

 and sunshine

HOORAY!! :) 

Day one

A long and warm walk through Kings Park 

and the Western Australia Botanical Gardens 

Overlooking Perth

The gate to the Gardens

 After the walk we took the train to Cottesloe Beach 

putting my toes in the Indian Ocean

Day Two

Ventured out on the train again

to take a Ferry out to Rottnest Island

I would compare it to Mackinaw Island but on a larger scale

There are no cars and you bike around the island

there are tons of beaches and walking paths and a little town

it was SUPER windy and warm!

but we didn't let that stop us

we still did the 22 KM bike around the island before our bikes were due back 

This island is also know for animals called Quokkas

they are out in the wild

and VERY use to people

aka I was WAY more afraid of him that he was of me EKKKK

he then proceeded to follow us to our bikes

Not a fan ;-) haha  if you can't tell by the picture

The views around the island were amazing!!

I had to go for a little swim

the water wasn't super warm

after the island we meet up with J and his coworker for dinner 

and rode the train back to our hotel

a long fun day

ended with a beautiful sunset

Day Three

Started off with a hike around Bells Rapids

There had been a ton a rain right before we got to Perth, which resulted in flooding

This was a VERY warm hike

Not many signs on this trail...which got us a little lost...we ended up just back tracking

not sure if it was because of the flooding and the path was closed or whatever

still a great hike

even though lack of signage there was one for this rock

Buttock Boulder

well it did look like it at least :) 

after the hike it was back to the hotel and off to the airport

next up an overnight flight to Auckland, New Zealand

the last leg of our trip!