Blogs from Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 175

Hi Guys, We've done a bit of sightseeing since the last entry but we have mostly been looking for work. Dannelle's boyfriend Chris took us on a tour on friday. We visited Kings Park which gives of the most spectacular views of Perth as you can see from our photos it blues skies all the way. They also play movies in the park in the evening on a big out door cinema screen, sadly its closed at the moment but i'd really love to do that, its not like a drive in or anything, I believe you have deckchairs to sit on. I'm really keen to get up there one sunset with the Pentax. We then went on to Visit Cottesloe its a beautiful beach, I've never seen the sand look so gold and the sea ... read more

Weeks 3-4 (24th March - 7th April 2006) Although it seems a tradition to name your vehicle when travelling so that you can call it names if it breaks down, our truck is still un-named! We have already had one suggestion of calling it 'Roly' which seems quite apt as the thing has more roll than a hotdog vendor when cornering at speed. This of course never happens when Claire is driving (guess who's writing this blog at the moment??). Any further suggestions to the name of the beast will be much appreciated - it's chunky, heavy on it's feet, not too good looking, is a bit bouncy on bumpy ground and grunts a bit when put under strain! One suggestion from the diveclub will be ignored however......we're not calling it 'Moose' ! ! ! Anyway, ... read more

And so the journey began... Perth - Sydney After being in a total state of denial for so long I think it finally sunk in on take-off from home that I don't know when I will be looking back down on little Perth again. I didn't want to become a blubbering wreck on the plane though so pulled it together with only a few quiet tears gently consoled by the two leopard-skin clad women I was sitting between (don't ask) So even though I dont know when I will get back to the Island - this is just one big holiday and I am taking the long way home. L.A Airport I dont know what it is about me but I was swabbed for bomb residue, scanned, shoes removed and inspected (at which point i was ... read more

HI Guys Well we have made it out of Asia, after three days continuous travel from Koh Phangan and a few close shaves. We almost missed our connecting flight out of Singapore because Claire was too busy duty free shopping. We had to run the entire length of the airport but we made it with 2 minutes to spare, opps. We arrived in Perth at about 1 in the morning and were expecting to have hassle when going through customs, having to provide proof our savings and stating how long we were going to stay in order to get our holiday work visa. It turned out that no one there cared and they were more interested in if we were smuggling chickens into the country. There is a definite bird flu crack down going on worldwide. ... read more

Mal was Neues aus Australien! Katharina ist ja schon eine Woche in Österreich, das heisst eine von Dreien haben wir schon! Katharina ist ziemlich busy ‚back home’! Arbeit, Wohnung malen (lassen), Auto verkaufen, Coaching Training und daneben noch Freunde und Familie besuchen und treffen. Mein Wochenplan klingt nicht ganz so vielfältig, kann mich aber nicht beklagen, dass ich truebsalblasend zu Hause sitze. Schoen langsam bekomm ich den Ueberblick ueber Algerien und unsere Blöcke dort. Werd sicher genug zu tun haben im naechsten Jahr! Hab aber schon den ersten Urlaub eingereicht! Ja, und das obwohl ich grad mal Recht auf 1,31 Tage habe. Aber bis Weihnachten sollte ich die Tage ja zusammenhaben. Weihnachten ist ja noch weit, aber wir haben schon die Tickets eingekauft. Mehrfach wurde uns erzaehlt, dass die Tickets relativ schnell ausgebucht sind und wir ... read more