Blogs from Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 179

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

Useful tip: if arriving in major Australian city on Australia Day, do phone ahead for accommodation unless you enjoy playing out the "no room at the inn" nativity scene of course. We arrived at Perth airport at 5:40am on Australia Day, a national holiday where 400,000 people would be congregating in the evening for a fireworks display & we hadn't prebooked any accomadation. Actually, we found room at inn four, after deciding inn three was actually in the midst of a building site and, therefore, inaccessible and potentially noisy. Perth and surrounds were fantastic. The riverfront was buzzing the day we arrived-with stunt bikes jumping off ramps, aerobatic flybys, beach volleyball, and a stage with excellent Aussie bands- namely "The Avenues" and "The Panics". As darkness fell, there was an awesome firewor... read more

Pre - Departure - Tears, Packing and Anticipation... About 2 years ago I grew on a dream of exploration. To this day that dream has expanded into 1 mass fever; the freedom and joy of discovering places that is different to every day life. For the past 6 months I have given up a lot of social life, and have worked as much as I ever have in my life. For 6 weeks leading into christmas I was averaging 60 + hours a week, all to save up and finance my round the world journey. Where does my journey take me? To countrys that are fairly westernised without a doubt, but heck; thats what interests me, how people in different parts of the world go about there day to day life; how they survive, customs etc. ... read more

Arrived into Perth early afternoon after a 10hr flight and although i was pretty shattered, dragged myself down to the bar for a nice cold one. It was a beautiful blue sky day and was really nice chilling out in the sun in front of the hotel watching people coming and going. After a few drinks the cockpit crew and i walked down the road to the Barrack Street Jetty to a bar called the Lucky Shag!! (and as although the name suggests, it didn't quite live up to its name!!) Even so, it was a pretty cool bar right on the water with views of the city. One thing i couldn't get over was the lack of people in this city. Even on the drive from the airport, there were hardly any cars on the ... read more

(Dave writes...) Christmas 2005 will be a memorable one, it being our first Christmas away from home and our first on the beach! On Christmas Eve the hostel, Governor Robinsons (see photo - the nicest hostel we've seen) put on a wine and cheese night. We met quite a few others staying there for Christmas, including two English couples - Matt and Michelle, Grace and Andy, a crazy German girl called Katja and a Mancunian named Dan. Spending Christmas with them really made it for us, it was a great group of people and even if Matt was a Liverpool fan we still got along. Afterwards, we headed off to the pub, and from what I remember it was a great night out! Christmas day we woke up a little groggy and sat in bed, opening ... read more