Going to Aussie land, need some advise

[frontline]

I went to the westcoast for a month. Completely different lifestyle from the east. I was situated mainly in Perth. Gorgeous city if you head west. The surfing and sun just outside the city is quite amazing. Went to the world famous Cottesloe Beach and happend to catch a Maxim Magazine party.
For reefs and whatnot, they are fairly far offshore diffently worth a overnighter at least. We went to an island about 2 hrs south of Perth called Rottnest which had incredible snorkeling off it. There was a cool little glass bottomed ferry to take you out. Or if travelling on a budget like I was, you could wade out at low tide following the sandbar.
I headed further south to Albany, which is a resort town. Awesome little place for diving. Got certified in less then a day and spent close to three days diving. I also headed north to the Gold Coast. This is where all the big surfing events happen in the west. By far the most beatiful and stunning place I have visited, Pristine waters and hardly anyone around. The snorkeling up there was bar none to anywhere I had been. If you happen to want to vist the West, I suggest looking into what is called a boomerang ticket. Gets you from one side of the country to the other for not bad of a price.
The nicest part about flying into the west was the stopover in Singapore. If you have the chance I highly recommend it. Cleanest and safest streets i have ever been on. We landed at around 230am and proceeded to walk around the city well into the early hours of the morning without seeing a single bum or cigarette butt for that matter. Gorgeous, Gorgeous place. ( I know a little off topic but) Also, you may be able to make a stop in Kuala Lumpur. The west is where it is at if you are looking for the laidback lifestyle.

[Willito]

Good idea Tony, I'll start looking for the waterproof casing.

Frontline, sounds like you had terrific time on the westcoast, hopefully we'll have the time to check it out one day.

Our flight also stops over in Singapore, but don't think it's long enough to do anything. We'll be flying in from Vietnam where we're spending Christmas, and let me tell ya, it's the reciprocal of Singapore's cleanliness and order. Organized chaos is what seems to run the daily life there. Having say that, it's a country vastly developing and drawing in emence world interests that seeks opportunities to gain from an extremely low currency. This is the same reason that will entice over 2.5 million visitors for 2007. I go there to indulge in the food, people, culture and endless of beautiful sceneries/beaches. Plus I am a multi-millionaire once I touch ground, and a CAD dollar goes a long long ways. It's going to hard to adjust my spending once I leave Vietnam to Australia, gotta be wise or I'll go broke really fast.