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Published: July 16th 2008
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Hey guys,
After 7weeks in Perth I have finally decided to post an entry about this great city, been busy partying and discovering the place so apologies for not posting this entry earlier on.
After a few days in Melbourne had to take a decision: going to Sydney, where one of my friends is living or going to a place where I don't know a soul and just to start all over again? Knew about Perth of course and the fact it is the most isolated city made me curious about it so decided to give it a go and see how it goes!
After four hours on a plane landed in Perth at midnight and spent the night at the airport started to get used to it after all it was the 3rd time is 3 weeks I was doing it. The only thing is the airport was closed from 1 to 4 and it was very chilly. had to stay outside until 3am then a cleaner saw me and let me in, god bless this man!!
And after a short nap was ready to get to the city, took the bus and was a nightmare to
travel during rush hour with a suitcase!!
Knew only one person: Arisa from Japan met her in the farm in Tatura and she was living in Fremantle, 30minutes by train from the city. Spend the first day in Perth trying to stay awake and walking around. My first impression was pretty good I think but was very sleepy!!
The day after met Arisa in Fremantle, though we stayed in the same house in Tatura we didnt really talk a lot during that time as it was when we were working like crazy as soon as we met in Freo (Fremantle) we got along very well, so well I was spending most of my time with her during my first week, I knew Fremantle by heart, started to discover Perth a bit later on.
Fremantle is quite a nice place for a day outside the city, by the sea, has a good nightlife and a good fish and chips. Arisa lived a bit far from Fremantle but his friend Masa was always around to drive us anywhere, lovely man we went to an organic bar in Freo and tasted some wine, much better than goone obviously.
Started
to enjoy my time in Perth, lovely city, lovely people. The only thing I needed was a job!! After a few interviews, got a job in a Backpackers and guess where?? On Wellington Street!! Wellington is following me anywhere!!
Reminds a lot when I was working in Windy Welly, make good friends too.
A few days after getting my job I saw Cesare and Hannah they were planning to stay for a few weeks in Perth, it was great to see them again and we had a very nice evening at Arisa's place.
As Cesare and Hannah were living in the van we had to find a place for them to park and we found one the best places ever: City Beach!! As per the name it is by the beach (duh!) and there is everything to make a great barbie and it's pretty clean, I spent 3days in a row with them looking at the sea and playing Uno.
Playing Uno and cards are now a big part in our lives, when I say lives I am talking about my new friends and myself, great way to get pissed too!! Love drinking games esp drinking Uno
it's a good way to break the ice with the new ones at the backpackers.
City Beach is my fave part of Perth, I could spend days over there, sunsets are just fantastic over there too and it's always fun to go there.
They have also a place called London Court! It's a bit rubbish but was happy to see the name London lol!
The backpackers is not too bad either, made a lot of new friends but at the moment I am dying for my own space so I am looking for a place to live in.
I have no regrets about going to Perth, even though it was a tough decision as I had to say no to Sydney and no to my friends but I am enjoying myself a lot here and I am planning to stay until January and then I will travel for a long time really look forward to this actually as I havent travelled that much and I am in Oz for 8 months now!!
I will add another entry very shortly! Will tell you more about my new friends and what I have been up to recently too and hopefully
P5
King's Park will get my own place by then!! More pictures to come too!
Hope you are all doing well!
Cheers
Amelie
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Julie
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well sounds like you have fun ^^ yes i understand that you die for space now, I hope you'll find a place for you asap !! bisous, tu me manques, à bientôt bibis !!!