Metal-Demon
I just *knew* a nice class of people hung out here *G*
I live in Perth on the south west coast of Australia facing South Africa. We have a great Mediterranean climate, warm to hot dry summers and great white sandy beaches. I guess, apart from supposedly being the most isolated State capital in the world (nearest other is Adelaide which is a few thousand kilometres to the East over the Nullarbor Plain)
We have a laid back outdoor lifestyle most of the year round often having clear blue skies mid winter and mminimums no lower than about 32F. We have the largest landmass for a state, a population of only 2million and spectacular gorges and vast ranches called "stations" of over a million acres in the North.
We have the largest percentage of entrepreneurs and scientific discoveries per capita in the whole country.
I guess we are just the best kept secret in the world *very wyde grynne*
Your girlfriend should definitely see the West while she is here

"Never tell a child a thing is impossible. God may have been waiting all this time for someone ignorant of the impossibility to do just that thing" adapted from a quote of Dr J A Holmes