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Published: October 23rd 2006
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Well as stated on previous blogs i am in Perth now - and it's cold - wthf?! Didn't pack my bloody jumper , what a flaming galah!
Pressing on , arrived in Perth and found ourselves a native to ask advice , native in the fact she was wearing khaki shorts, khaki shirt and weird hat with corks on! Asked her advice on hostels and she gave us a couple of ideas of which we chose OBH simply because it was located right next to the beach - yaye!
As soon as we arrived i was in awe of the Beach, bloody lovely mate! My joy was actually short lived as i had to venture into the hostel - it was like an episode of the real world , where were all the adults?!? Apart from a creepy guy who we later learned just stalked around talking to all the backpackers we were the only people above the legal age to drink! They were all sitting around drinking beer and smoking the whacky backy! So not fabulous!
We were shown to our room which we were sharing with 3 others! As it turned out we were sharing with the best
bunch of Irish girls (apart from Audrey) so all was fine, Or i thought all was fine until i visited the communial kitchen - cockroach city! Say no more!
Decided we would stay for a few days and then see what else Perth had to offer , whilst in the OBH we went out on a few day trips to Fremantle which is South of Perth. We went out whale watching and i saw ................Nothing , bloody ocean! Frigging whales were no where to be found, can't help but think that this is some gimmick to drag the tourists in and show them the ocean and charge them money for the pleasure!!
After dissappointing non whale watch we hit the shops which was also disappointing , not sure what the hell the Aussies are doing for clothes , seems to be Khaki or surf wear and that's your lot! Said it before and i'll say it again , the UK has the best high st in the world , take this in to consideration if you are thinking of moving abroad!
Also visited the aqaurium as i refuse to get in the ocean, there's Sharks and jelly fish and all
sorts of crap in there! Lot's of nice things at the aqaurium , my favourite being Nemo and yes before you ask it was not just a clown fish i am sure it was Nemo himself!
Hung out at the beach for a couple of days which was a challenge as it was blowing at least 300 mph winds so you can imagine the fun of trying to lay a towel flat!
After a week at the beach we decided to come further into the city to see what Perth had to offer, based ourselves in a place called Northbridge which is apparently THE place to go out , it's quiet fun with a good mix of people and alot of Chinese restaruants. Went out to check out the local nightlife where i once again was asked for ID , the Olay has clearly worked wonders since i left the UK! Was a good night out and we did what we intended to do - get drunk!
We were all feeling like nothing much exciting had happened in Perth to date so thought what can we do to liven things up , then it hit us - we'll do a
sky dive!
Yup for some reason of which i am still not sure of i decided it would be a good idea to jump out of an airplane , i think Kirsty drugged me!
We booked our sky dive for the following day so i really didn't have much time to mentally prepare for it, we were collected from our hostel at 7.30am on Friday 20th October to drive about an hour east to York to jump out of a plane at 14000 feet! I asked the instructor all the way there "has anyone died doing this with you?" , "is it safe?", "do people pass out?" "do people piss themselves?" every time he replied with a sigh so i think he was relieved when we arrived at the DROP ZONE , I however was not , did not have time to even think before i was bundled into a bright blue suit (qhich made me look like the cookie monster) and strapped into a harness and told to lay on the floor and practice my free fall position which is basically lying on your stomach with your legs bent back towards your body and your arms up in the
air at your side. Okay Sheldon says (Sheldon is instructor, crazy South African guy) off we go"! Myself , Amie and our two instructors went off to get in the plane , couldn't fit Kirsty in , she had to go last! Cruised to our altitude of 14000ft where my instructor , Andy, opens the door and says " Okay Emma, off we go" could not get myself out of the door , not through the lack of trying but my foot got stuck in the door! Before i could protest and scream like a girl i was out , dropping from a plane at , i'll say it again for affect 14000 FEET!!! Was so shocked i didn't make a sound , not a scream or cry , i was too busy trying to breath - bloody windy up there! Landed safely and nearly collapsed where my legs had turned to jelly! I have captured the whole thing on DVD so you can all watch it when i get home and laugh at my hamster cheeks rippling in the 120mph winds as i free fall and take the piss out of the fact that i am totally mute pretty
much the whole time and just keep giving a thumbs up to signal i'm okay!!
Anyway we are off to the south west of Perth for wine tasting - much better. Off to Melbourne next week to meet the neighbours!! Await coments! xx
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McT
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Remember remember the 5th November please
I expect with your sky dive practice you can parachute into my wedding right? Loving the stories you crazy fool and each time I laugh out loud at my screen - keep 'em coming Emsy! Loving you McT.x.