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Erster Tag in Australien, erster Tag in Perth ...
Published: April 5th 2013Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth » Perth City
April 5th 2013
Kaum Jetlag, gestern Abend ein paar sauteure Biere, nur der sch... Moskito hat die nächtliche Erholung von den Reise"strapazen" gestört. Unser B&B ist sehr nett: die Gastgeber, Steve, ein Engländer mit seiner wahrscheinlich chinesisch-stämmigen Frau Hoon ... und der andere Gast, ein älterer japanischer Herr ... alles sehr familiär. Sind in und durch die Stadt gelaufen und Bus gefahren, waren 3 Stunden im Kings Park, wirklich ein wunderschöner Ort in einer ebenfalls sehr schönen Stadt ... Boomtown Perth ... das Mining-Business macht´s wohl möglich: hier werden Gleise und Straßen unter die Erde verlegt, damit Stadtteile bzw. Stadt und Fluß wieder zusammenwachsen. Kennt man sonst nur aus der Schweiz und von umstrittenen deutschen Bahnhofs- und Feldkircher Tunnelprojekten ;-) Und gerade eben haben wir den asiatischen Teil der Reise "abgearbeitet" ... Essen beim Vietnamese... read more
April 3rd 2013
Salut tout le monde ! Bon bah ça fait un bon mois environ que vous n'avez pas eu de nouvelles de ma part ! J'ai été méchamment faignant je dois l'avouer. Je suis donc toujours a Perth mais sur le départ. Et s'il ne s'est, en soit, pas passé grand chose d'extraordinaire, il y a eu pas mal de changement ! Le plus important étant que je ne suis plus vraiment SDF !! Enfin je ne suis plus SD en tout cas (svp pas de mauvais jeux de mots, c'est que je vous connais tout de même :) ). J'ai fais l'acquisition d'une magnifique automobile. Mais maintenant que vous êtes au courant de l'information du moment, je vais faire comme dans une bonne série et revenir sur tout ça un peu plus tard !! Afin de ... read more
March 12th 2013
We arrived in Perth early september. I started working straight away in a cafe with my friend Nadia and also looking after a 10yr old girl Maggie after school. Jordan soon had a job in the city back in recruitment. Our first couple of weeks consisted of exploring. We visited Scarborough Beach, Fremantle, the city. We had our first Aussie BBQ at Nadias house the weekend Neil and Ian arrived. It was very gormet BBQ, Baby octupus and Baramundi rather than you average sausages and burgers, all cooked by Nad's Boyfriend Owain who is quite the chef. We started looking for a place to rent with the boys and after a couple of weeks crashing at Nadias we signed up for a lease on a 3 bed flat on Adelaide Terrace right in the centre of ... read more
Arriving in Australia – um, honey, I don't think we're in Southeast Asia anymore...
Published: March 15th 2013Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth » Perth City
March 1st 2013
We got into Perth after traveling overnight from Cebu to Kuala Lumpur, which meant that by the time we got to our hostel, we hadn't slept for over 30 hours. We were already in shock at the fact that the bus ride from the airport had cost us 35 dollars (each!), and our arrival at our hostel did nothing to lighten the mood. Having been without internet for a few weeks, and not knowing we were arriving in the middle of Perth's high season (in late February? who knew?) we had ended up having to book a room at Aberdeen Lodge, which was the only thing available within Perth town that was under 80 dollars a night and only described by 50% of its previous users as a fleabag flophouse (the rest were so described by ... read more
West Australia trip 2012-2013 (photos)
Published: January 9th 2013Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth » Perth City
January 9th 2013
Hello folks, Below are photo highlights from my trip to the Southern part of Western Australia with Mum and Dad over the Christmas-New Year period (2012-2013). (Click on individual photo/s to see an enlarged view, then scroll thru). I highly recommend this entire region of Australia, but especially Cape Le Grand and the Esperance area. Craig... read more
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Here we go again...
Published: December 20th 2012Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth » Perth City
December 20th 2012
G'day! We arrived on time last week to a sunny Perth - 30deg. All things considered the flight wasn't too bad except for the first leg to Singapore when a 2-year-old girl in our cabin decided to sign up to the Frequent Cryer programme; I don't think she stopped for more than half an hour during the flight. By the time we landed in Singapore her poor parents looked as though they had spent two weeks in the jungle with Nadine Dorries. Jon and Jade met us at the airport having spent the last week driving across from New South Wales. Crossing the Nullarbor alone was 2000 miles. Distances take on a whole new meaning in Australia. So we spent the first few days just chilling; took the bus into Perth City where I had my ... read more
Landing in the Land of Oz!!
Published: April 3rd 2013Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth » Perth City
December 12th 2012
So I left Thailand feeling pretty sad, but excited to see Australia and travelled over to Singapore before my connecting flight to Perth there was an 11 hour wait. I landed in the morning and so I decided to head out into Singapore and spend some of the time I had looking around and seeing what I could of Singapore. I spoke to a travel guide and bought a ticket for the Singapore Flyer; this was like England's version of the London Eye (which I still have not been on yet). It cost me $30 SD and I had to get the tube to the flyer. It turned out to be very simple and the tube was so cheap! $4.50 return. I had to make 3 changes but I had a map (obvious tourist) and all ... read more
Perth and Parents
Published: July 13th 2012Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth » Perth CityJuly 13th 2012
After working for 3 months I find myself wanting to take a holiday and fortunately for me, so do my Parents. We make a plan to meet up in Perth and I also book a 4 day trip up the west coast to coincide with my arrival to WA. Here is what happened. I awake in my Sydney Hostel with a fuzzy head and a dry mouth (wouldn’t want to break with blog tradition.) I pack up my bags and say my goodbyes to my roommates ( my Canadian one left but I was lucky enough to replace him with a English guy and a Irish girl.) After a brief scare while checking my flight details I realise that my flight is 30 minutes before I thought it was. Due to problems with the train lines ... read more
Groeten uit Perth
Published: April 28th 2012Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth » Perth City
April 28th 2012
We zijn hier nu bijna 2 weken in Perth en we amuseren ons nog steeds bij Tom & Marcia. Verleden week is Tom ziek geweest, een grote verkoudheid. Maar dankzij mijn echinacea druppels is hij overeind gebleven en kwam het geen griep. Ook Marcia heeft verleden week het niet te gemakkelijk gehad. Verleden week kwam de loodgieter en hij vertelde dat het toilet (dat er al 26 jaar staat) moest vervangen worden. De dag nadien was het toilet vervangen maar we mochten er 24 uur niet op. Voor pipi werd het aan de 'lemontree' (de citroenen worden toch geel en het is goed voor de boom aldus Tom) en de rest is in het shoppingcenter aan de overkant van de straat. Dus Marcia ging naar de citroenboom in het midden van de nacht en wou het ... read more
2 weeks and Counting
Published: April 16th 2012Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth » Perth City
April 16th 2012
Hello Friends and Family of well ME! Well i've booked my tickets and i'm coming to a town near you. Now this isn't going to be like last Christmas where we really didn't get time to relax and be a tourist. So you my friends are the people that I will be making an effort to see or have come to me. I'm talented and as much as i'd like to go see everyone in their home...i don't have the powers of Superman and or the funds of Rockefeller which would enable me to undertake that option. However the bonus is that i'm spending the majority of my time between Calgary - Red Deer - Edmonton. I will be arriving in 'the true north strong and free' on April 28 at night. I'm going to be ... read more
