Blogs from Perth City, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 45

It's been a long few days since the last blog, and suffice to say our feet hurt! We spent a wonderful few days in Byron Bay, we both LOVED the little town, the hostel, the beaches, the weather, the food, the free bikes, etc etc. Even the Byron spiders were cute little things. In case this sounds too ideal (and so you guys in rainy England don't get jealous) there were serious rainstorms which brought in the largest cockroaches ever. Eugh. Anyway, after a fantastic and relaxing few days, we had to tear ourselves out of bed very early yesterday morning to greyhound it to Brisbane. Brisbane was alright. (Ok, Susan says more than alright.) I remain to be convinced. I thought it was all a bit of a concrete jungle, and the view from the ... read more

I'M SO EXCITED !!! Just had to write to you all, (While you are all still in the land of nod) I was sitting in the YHA dinning room with my breakfast cup of tea watching 'Perth' TV, which was like watching Richard & Judy, the ads came on, and there he was 'Richard Marx' in concert in Perth at the Burswood Theatre on September 9th. I nearly choked on my tea!! Its raining cats and dogs here, so after getting instructions for the booking office from reception, I walked down to the jetty and cancelled my boat trip, well put if off till Sunday. Then got the train to a suberb call 'Subiaco', 3 stops away. Guess what I got a ticket, not in touching distance of the stage, (well right near back actually, but ... read more

first of all I am very sorry that we have not updated the blg in such a long time, what can we sqy its been all go recently! unfortuntely a chapter shal be missng from our merry adventure as ben put a load of pctures on his mp3 player and cannot retrieve them, oops! so we will commence the pics from our tree planting days! However, before we set off into the wilderness to go about planting a stupid amount of pine trees we spent three Weeks buming about in Perth, a very nice place even in winter. We stayed at a very cosy hostel which was more like a house with lots of dorm rooms where we met some very interesting people including a group on northern Irish blokes who really challanged Helen's ability to ... read more

Again, our route from Bangkok to Perth in Australia was a lot more convoluted last time, involving planes, trains and boats, although we did see some of the places in between. This time, we had another direct flight. On the flight, it all came back how friendly the Australians are. We were chatting to people on the flight who were all interested in what we were up to, were giving us advice on where to go and even their phone numbers in case we needed help at any point. Like last time I came to Australia (), the big deal getting in is the quarantine - there was a Steve Irwin video on the flight all about it, with an emphasis how harsh the penalties are. And we were all sprayed with something before we got ... read more

We've now left the bouquet of barbed wire country behind and are now re-established in the same hostel in Perth we left in early 2003. It's a strange feeling because everything is so familiar, but it feels like someone has invaded your home. Australia is as welcoming and friendly ever (except for the b****** who flogged us an out of date phonecard) and the only major drawback is the beer seems to have gone up in price. We went out regardless to our Perth "office" in Northbridge for a few refreshments to debate our release from the open prison of South Africa. Perth has changed little since we were last here. Western Australia is apparently experiencing an economic boom and this is evident in the general upwardly mobile direction of the shops and of course, the ... read more