Hello everyone,

Oops i have lost track and i am not sure if i am to write in english or french...

So we are getting ready to fly to South Africa and after a brief look at the weather it does not seem that warm...

While in Perth we did a little trip to Rottness Island (rat nest island) , so called by a Dutch navigator , who on seeing the Quokkas (cute marsupials) assumed they were giant rats...

It is a lovely island with a mediterranean climate and quite a bit of wind famous for its Quokkas and its diving.

We decided to walk around the island and could feel our legs the next day , we could have rented bikes...most people were cycling along.

The Quokkas are really cute and seem to survive on little, there is very little fresh water , the mud from the lakes having been collected andsold letting salt water in...

The island and its salt lakes used to be the only supply of salt for Western Australia.

We also had lovely walks around Perth central and Northbridge looked at gorgeous opals learned quite a lot bout them for example that with white opals you have a better chance of it being solid and not a doublet or a triplet... .

Triplets are most of the time dark looking opals , with three layers one is a dark piece of material (to give more colours to the white opal) then a fine layer of awhite opal then a little cap of quartz or plastic.

Thanks to our new camera we can now show you a bit more of what we do , and after request daddy here is the cuddely koala.

Happy anniversary to my parents and my brother a bit late , we did think of you on the day though.

Kisses from us both

Rob and Virginie