Perth, what a contrast from Brisbane. The dry mid thirty degree heat was well welcomed by me after the rains of Brisbane. After a few days in Perth I was making plans to head south. My friends Karis and Nikki, who had just returned from 5 months on the road, where home and restless. They decided to join me for a few days on my trip south. We all had a tight budget, so we brought a tent and camping gear. On Tuesday morning you could have found a little silver Holden Astra full of camping gear, food, backpacks, guitar, cosmetics and other random things. The highway south of Perth displays dry sands at the roadside, dry fields, thin gatherings of trees and farm animals that look like they could use more shade. The landscape did
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