Blogs from Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 17

Today was a sad day for Maggie and me because we had to go our separate ways this morning. We packed our suitcases and took a taxi to the airport. Then Maggie checked in for her Air Canada flight east, back to Portland. I stayed with her as long as I could, but had to leave her at security. We said goodbye and will be in touch by Skype until I am back in Portland, too. I took the shuttle bus to the domestic terminal where I boarded a Qantas flight west to Perth. The flight took nearly five hours to fly from Australia's east coast to the west coast. It is a long way - nearly as far as flying across the width of the United States. I have checked into my hotel here and ... read more

Well it has been quite some time and at least 4 months since my last blog as I was waiting until Pete and I had settled into jobs here before publishing an update. However, jobs for Pete were not that forthcoming and even though he finally secured one this week, he has turned it down as we have decided to head back to Darwin at the end of April when our house sit here comes to an end. I have been working for Travelex once more and hope to get a transfer back to Darwin if at all possible. Pete has been in touch with his old boss up there and is hopeful that he will be taken on again on his return. We are looking forward to getting back on the road and do miss ... read more

Voilà, l'aventure commence avec une première semaine chargée. Pendant cette première semaine, j'ai pu rencontrée plein de monde avec les nombreuses activités et repas organisés par le village étudiant ou l'université. L'université où je suis s'appelle Murdoch University, c'est l'université australienne qui possède le plus grand campus de l'Australie. Wikipedia en fait la présentation suivante : L'Université de Murdoch (anglais : Murdoch University) est une université australienne avec environ 14 200 étudiants dont 2 000 étrangers. C'est une université publique qui possède son campus à Murdoch, un quartier de Perth en Australie-Occidentale à 13 km au sud du centre-ville. Elle a été créée en 1973 et a reçu ses premiers étudiants en 1975. Le campus a une superficie de 2,27 km² car il accueille la seule école vétérinaire de l'État ... read more

Hi. got picked up by Peter of Mikey's Taxis at 04.45 on Tuesday. Good run to Heathrow, took off on time and had a comfortable Tipton Dubai - big airport! Nearly an hour late leaving but still arrived at Perth Airport at 12.45 local time. Got shuttle bus into town - cheapskate! Arrived at the Good Earth hotel 2'sh - OK but not wonderful. Slept for before walking into town - wanted an Aussie SIM card. But Blackberry lock the Sim, and after some tooing and froing, ended up a new cheap phone and some pay as you credit. Had a wander round Perth but didn't do it justice as we were pretty shattered - some picks attached...........but I must admit that I find the iPad camera hard work: must be my age that causes the ... read more

Well a cousin of Thomas' no doubt; the mighty Indian Pacific which we joined in Sydney for the trip to Perth, a journey of three nights and four days across this great country of ours and covering a total of 4352 kms. It's a return trip which Kev won so we decided to spend a week in the West; no point in just going there and back! This will be our third trip on Thomas' cousin although this time it's hotter than it has been on the previous occasions we've done the trip. It's around 45 degrees outside so lucky we're in air conditioned comfort. I can't say that I slept very well on our first night; too much noisy rocking and rolling for my liking. So it wasn't too much of an effort to get ... read more