7 months after arriving in Perth I'm finally off to see new places. It's been one of the most memorable stays in one place for so long. I can't thank the people I've met here enough, especially the staff here at The Old Fire Station Backpackers. It seriously is sad to be leaving this place as for me now I consider my home away from home. Rich, Lynn, Gavin & I are leaving this Friday for a road trip to Melbourne, which will probably take us a few weeks to get to. We'll most likely stop along the way for some work doing harvesting of sorts. It's exciting to be on the road again soon. My backpacking trip came to a halt here, but I'm happy it did. I may be coming back at some point, ... read more

So yup, I'm still here in Freo. Still working at the pasta place, still living at the hostel. Things are good, as Roy here would say "it's absolutely average". The itch to start moving again is coming back that's for sure. But still trying to save up some money to hit the road. I'm starting to look for other jobs now, one that'll pay more nad have more hours. And, also starting to look for a flat to live in, as it ends up being cheaper than living in the hostel, and help out with the funds as there's always something going on here. Well this month are the birthdays. We are 6 of us celebrating this week. Last night there was a big bday bash for Josh (one of the staff members) and Rob (who ... read more

I'm sorry, I know it's been a long time, but just saving you from uneventful entries... So I'm still in Australia, still in Fremantle (near Perth) getting pretty cozy. The life here is very laidback and the hostel life and guests are quite the "family" since the majority of us here are longterm tenants. Our days consist of waking up (at some point) and run for the front desk to see if there are any odd jobs for the day in the area...mostly labouring, gardening, cleaning.. the jobs others don't really want to do, but whatever, it's cash-in-hand, so it's good. So far I have gardened on those jobs as the others usually want guys ... bah! Anyway, I've picked up some work finally. I actually clean the hostel on the weekends... what a job that ... read more

Well I finally made it to Australia. I arrived yesterday afternoon on a rough landing. The weather was very bad and the pilot was unable to land the plane... after a few tries, we finally landed. Another white-knuckle ride. When going through customs I was honest and marked that I had some traditional Chinese medicine on me, so they brought me to quarantine, which is no big deal, but it turned out they were not interested in my Chinese medicine, but the drugs I supposedly had on me....???? They emptied my whole bag, passed the "drug test stick" on all my stuff, which supposedly came out strongly positive for narcotics... Funny, because I don't do drugs and I certainly didn't have any on me at anytime... After a few more tries to the test, still coming ... read more

I know I've been here before, but hadn't really spent much time here and was only on a day visa run from Taiwan, but now that I had a bit more time and someone to show me around... It's amazing. It's really a city that I would have no problems living in. I arrived yesterday noon and came to Nuning's & Shane's place here on Causeway Bay. They have a nice little place with a really nice view of Kowloon. It's a great location, as Shane would say: "It's 5 minutes away from everything you need". We went for lunch then I wandered the street with Nuning and chatted away at cafe's to catch up as it's been a year since we've last seen each other in Taiwan. Two great people. Finally bought a card reader ... read more