Blogs from Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 182

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

My first night in Australia was horible, i spend more time crying and calling than sleeping but after for next two days i slept so much then my homestay mother was worried she juste told me that few weeks ago. I didnt know i slept for 2 days i think it's why when i arrived in my new house i felt like everything was going wrong i was tired. Ma première nuit en Australie étais horrible. J'ai passé plus de temps à pleurer et au téléphonne que de temps à dormir mais après j'ai dormi durant deux jours ma maman d'acceuil vient de m'avouer qu'elle s'était fais du souci. Je ne me suis pas rendue compte que j'avais dormi si longtemps je pense que c'est pour cela que il me semblais que rien allais dans ma ... read more

This date it's the first day of my adventure, i was afraid...new country, new people,new langage everything change. But now i laught when i think about that it s so stupid but it was my feeling at this time...!! Ce jour était mon premier jour dans mon periple j'avais peur car tout etais nouveau, nouveau pays, nouvelle population, nouvelle langue. Quand je repense a tous ça ca me fais rire mais c'etais mon état...!!... read more

Bloody Hell, Aus is top notch, mate! Highlights so far: * 1 week in & 4 Barbies = Sheer Heaven * Watching the Socceroos obtain their place in the World Cup finals! * Fed some Kangaroos and Cuddled a Wombat * Day at Kings Park doing city bush treks and tree top walks * Kite flying * CONSTANT SUNSHINE!!!! Yeaaaah! Low points so far: * There’s only one - FLIES, aaarrrgghhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! First of all, we gotta tell you that Qantas staff have got to be THE smiley-est, friendliest and best fun flight attendants we have ever encountered. We were travelling from Singapore on Shaz’ birthday, and whilst the guys couldn’t give us a free upgrade into Business class (yes, we did ask) they were able to pass us extra bottles of fizz during the flight, making ... read more

We arrived in Australia tired and sullen. Asia was gone and a lifestyle abandoned. It was back to western values, western attitudes and western costs - the latter being the most daunting. After 6 months of cheap food and accommodation we were apprehensive of the forthcoming cost cascade. Our first shock was the accommodation fee, our second the price of food. On that first day we spent hours looking around for saver brands and out of date stock - with little success. Over time we've managed to find a balance between eating 49 cents noodles all the time and good healthy food - noodles with cabbage and tuna seems to be that balance. Our first, and over-whelming task while in Perth was to buy transport. This was a feat which saw our sights slowly and surely ... read more