Blogs from South Lake, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth » South Lake January 29th 2007

We havent yet left the confines of perth yet as there were a multitude of final preparations required prior to heading south. After turning my inlaws place into a disaster area today we did the majority of our packing into the car / trailer which seemed to swallow more stuff than I thought by looking at the pile of "required" (?!?) possessions we needed to take. We plan on heading off first thing on Wednesday 31/1/2007 which will primarily be a quick trip for two weeks in and around Boranup forest / Hamelin Bay / Augusta... our original plan of doing a quick trip around the SW was somewhat optimistic so weve decided on the get somewhere down south and remain in and around the area for a number of reasons. I have to do some ... read more

hejsa

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth » South Lake March 9th 2006

Groenkaer

hejsa jeg har vist faaet job paa en kvaeggaard i 6 uger, men det er 700 km syd fra perth. glader mig. skriver senere. knus... read more

hejsa

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth » South Lake March 8th 2006

Groenkaer

hejsa alle sammen mine indslag er en smulle tynde for tiden, det ved jeg godt men der er bare saa meget jeg skal. jeg er lige ankommet til perth i gaar. er paa en hostel lige i udkanten af byen, et hyggeligt lille et. her skal jeg saa blive en uge. naar men turen til uluru var fantastisk og jeg har taget en masse flotte billeder. som jeg da desvaerre ikke kan vise jeg nu da jeg igen har glemt at medbringe dem. tsk tsk. vi fik set en masse flotte solopgange og solnedgange. saa det betoed at vi skulle op kl 4.30 og morgen for at fange solopgangen. puha det var paent haardt, og saa fik gaaet en masse. den sidste dag gik vi rundt om det store sten, hvilket er ca 8 km tror ... read more

Delayed Message

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth » South Lake February 24th 2006

Ralphdun

Sorry about the delayed message everyone, my internet just was just hooked up today. Well it’s official, I’m at school in Australia. Oh sorry, Uni, they don’t like the word school, it only means elementary school to them, and since I look like I could be in elementary school, it just throws everyone off. So I’m at “Uni”, just arrived today and whoever said Perth was picturesque was a genius. It is so damn beautiful here, it makes the rest of Australia look like the ghetto, no offense to all my friends over on the east coast. Alright so before I go on gushing and make everyone vomit, I’ll just quickly reminisce on the rest of my Sydney experience. So the second day we were in Sydney, Char and I dropped off Becca at the university ... read more

A few days in Perth

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth » South Lake February 13th 2006

Liz in Perth

Shiers

We arrived safe and sound in Perth - no delays and our bags even arrived. We were a bit jetlagged on the first day so we went for a look around the harbour at Freemantle. We have been to the beaches loads. They are all really nice and the weathers been great. We had a big barbeque on Saturday night and Darren cooked us kangeroo. ... read more

The Journey is underway

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth » South Lake February 2nd 2006

Shiers

We are currently in Singapore waiting for our connecting flight to Perth. So far the journey has gone smoothly. We drugged Liz and Isobel with Puriton so we got a bit of peace and quiet on the plane. They both slept all the way here. Singapore airlines was great with a good selection of movies and games to keep us entertained and the food wasn't bad either. Can't wait to get to Perth to relax in the sun. I'll try and add photos as and when I get acces to tinternet but not promising.... read more

First Day...It's Going To Be Great

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth » South Lake December 7th 2005

Rockingham Water Front

Travelling Dave W

Aware at 4am. Damn jetlag!! Got up and made tea for Richie and myself. Mum came out about 4.30ish. Drank tea, looked around the house and listened to the morning song of the local birds. I made breakfast. Set up mum’s new DVD player and we watched a few episodes of ‘Allo ‘Allo. Had showers and got dressed. Mum let me drive to Rockingham to see were I’d grown up. It has changed quite a bit. Went to Val and Ernie’s place for a beer and a chat. They live opposite the old house so got to see it from the outside. Went to Rockingham Beach for fish and chips. Really nice. Cooked fresh when ordered. Drove down to Mandurah and watched the water go by on the estuary. Mum wanted to do some veggie shopping ... read more

Arrived At Last...Took Forever

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth » South Lake December 6th 2005

Fun Language

Travelling Dave W

We landed at Singapore on time. Went and had a shower then to the sunflower deck. It was very hot and humid there. After sitting in the heat we decided we needed a beer. Managed to justify the beer at 8.30 am, by saying it is 12.30 am in London and we are thirsty! At 9.00am headed to the gate. Looked at the telly and our gate was closing. Fortunately we didn’t have far to go. Straight through security and on to the plane. We were down the back of the plane. The man sitting next to us moved so we had three seats to ourselves. That was very good news because my in-flight entertainment unit didn’t work properly. The plane took off. After a while I congratulated and welcomed Richie to the Southern Hemisphere. ... read more

Hurry...I Want To Get To Oz

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth » South Lake December 5th 2005

Our Plane

Travelling Dave W

I didn't get to sleep until 3.30ish. Argh! Alarm at 5am. Got up, had a cup of tea and then shower. Checked out and caught the Hoppa Bus at 6.03. Bus picked up at two other hotels and then to the airport. Arrived 6.30ish and went straight to the check in desk, only to be waiting until 7am. We were fifth in the queue. We checked in. Good nights, the massive “balls-up” wasn’t as massive as I thought. We were sitting together from London to Singapore, but Singapore to Perth we were in totally different areas. We managed to get Richie on the left of the plane from Singapore to Perth so he could see the vast redness of Australia. Everything turned out well in the end. Looked around the duty free section and I decided ... read more

Brief history of Australia

Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name...more history

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