Blogs from Perth City, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 9

Well, I made it into Perth from Singapore without any major issues, and when I got the bus in from the airport I went straight to the hostel that we'd booked and met up with Will. The 15 degree winter weather in Perth was definitely welcome after feeling close to death after walking anywhere in Singapore. Due to being really tired from the active few days we had in Singapore (we must have walked at least 20 miles there, fml) and the flight I just spent the weekend doing pretty much nothing (I have found this to be my god-given talent). However, I did manage to gather enough energy to make the five minute walk to the local pub, where I was excited beyond belief when I found that not only does Australia serve cider in ... read more

Hello everyone. I am working at the Elephant and Wheelbarrow now as a Glassy (bus boy for glasses and bottles) and Relief Bartender! The Glassy gig is relatively easy, patrol your designated area and collect empty or abandoned glasses or bottles. We each carry a tray and loaded it up before returning to the bar we're assigned to, where we divvy up the different types of glasses and put them through the dish washer. Of course that isn't all there is to it, you have to navigate your way trough the press of semi-inebriated patrons, often with the tray (empty or teetering with glass) held high above your head so that you can make it through. What happens at least 3 times throughout then night when you find yourself in the position more often than not? ... read more

Ange's body must be in wind down mode. Yet again we have started annual leave and yet again Ange's immune system appears to have resigned aswel. It seems Ange's lunch after the plane ride to Perth has decided that her stomach is not the place it wishes to reside in and is coming out at high pressure from any relief valve it can locate. My beautiful wife is having a terrible time with a bout of food poisoning. Started last night around 8.30pm and she was still purging this morning around 1.45am. Hopefully she will be right when she wakes up. Less than two weeks before we leave for the big trip so hopefully this will toughen the immune system up for the maltreatment it will receive whilst away. Cheers Nathange... read more

After going over all of my previous entries I’ve come to the realization that I haven’t given a detailed description to what it’s like to live in a hostel dorm room. I think I just go so used to it that when I rented out a room in Byron Bay it was a bit of a shock to me. Dorm room aren’t all that bad, be they 4 bed dorms or up to 20 bed dorms, you get used to sleeping in a room with others. Some people can be less than considerate to their other roommates, stumbling in at the wee hour of the morning very loudly speaking to one another, sometimes to continue drinking while everyone else is trying to sleep. Privacy is always at a premium, and since you are often showering in ... read more

We arrived in Perth looking forward to it being our home for the next 4 months – although this was all dependent on whether we would find jobs and a roof over our head (in the small window of time that we had!). On our first night we had our first experience of couch-surfing (kipping in some randoms house for free) when the lovely Maria picked us up from the airport, gave us a quick tour of the city and then took us back to our digs for the night. Our hosts were really friendly and Maria’s husband even welcomed us with some lethal shots of vodka back from his home in Serbia! The next day it was time to hit the hostel life again and start the flat/job search. We booked into a hostel in ... read more