The end of May Matt had a business trip to Perth, Australia.  So, we pulled Kalani out of school for a week and explored Western Australia.  A very generous co-worker that we actually met while our two families lived in Aberdeen, Scotland invited us to stay at his home during our week and they served as our chauffeur and tour guides.  They have a daughter Kalani’s age and a son a couple of years older than Mason.  The kids all got along well so that was nice for everyone!

It was getting to be winter time in Australia so I looked forward to wearing jeans, long sleeve shirts and not sweating.  I checked the forecast for the week and we would be leaving Manila where it was around 98’F to Perth where it was suppose to be 70’F.  However for about 24-36 hours the weather dropped from the normal 70′ F to 55′ F, but still we went out and enjoyed Australia!

Our first outing in Perth was to Burswood Park to meet up with Filipino co-workers for a BBQ.

We toured around a small section of Kings Park on this beautiful day.

Ended our first day in Perth by visiting City Beach. The kids didn’t need their swimming suits to enjoy the water!

Day 2 was spent at SciTech.

Day 3 we went to the zoo. The kangaroos roam freely in the Australian section.

Day 4 we visited the museum. This dinosaur was making some loud noises.

Day 4 was also spent walking around city center and taking the free hop on hop off buses.

Day 5 was spent at the aquarium. Mason really liked the touch pool.

Day 5 was also the coldest day we were there so we had some fabulous hot chocolate at the nearby shops in Hillary.

Day 6 we went to Caversham Wildlife Park where dreams came true of touching kangaroos and koalas.

Day 7 we toured the Fremantle Prison that was in operation until 1991.

Farley family had a wonderful week in Perth, Australia!

I took the kids out from about 10am-2pm.  Our host family’s children were in school while we were there, and their school didn’t start until about 9am.  We would come home from our day out and the kids would return from school around 3pm.  Then we spent the evening home enjoying a home cooked meal and watching movies or playing games.  The adults did go out one evening to see Perth at night while the 4 kids were being watched by a friend.  There really isn’t a whole lot more of Perth to see or do that we didn’t accomplish in the week we were there.

More photos of our Perth vacation here.