Blogs from Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 185

In Perth CBD A little window shopping Retail therapy! Sarah and Sharifa had a biweekly (or is that semi-weekly…anyway once every two weeks…) meeting to go to for a few hours so Sarah dropped me off in Perth to wander about the streets…basically doing a little shopping! There are basically two main streets full of shops that I browsed. I picked up a few things like a pair of sunnies at 50% off. Whoohoo! I met up again with Sarah around 1:30 and we headed towards the Metro food court. I had Japanese food on my mind and was going to order an assortment of sushi but thought the Chicken Katsudon with rice would be more filling. It was huge but that didn’t stop me from finishing it all. :) We got a hold of Karen ... read more

Hi Guys! Finances = Green Fitness = Amber (going towards red!) Relationship = Green Arguments = Half (cos Mark won't argue!!!) We're back in Perth. 2000km since our last blog and we've ended up in the same place! But we've had a lovely tour north of Perth especially as we have our new car. Just over four weeks ago I was gutted at having to give up Floozie (my car for those of you who don't know!) but to my great delight we picked up Floozie Two last Thursday! Obviously not as good or original as the first but close enough to feel very at home and enjoy the new, improved engine acceleration!!!! We've been quite adventurous this week. My highlight was feeding a wild dolphin (called Surprise, so only wildish!) in Monkey Mia. It was ... read more

G'day! Here we are in Perth, WA and just to keep you up to date... Finances = Green (possibly not for long now we're in Oz) Fitness = Amber (but getting better) Relationship = Green Arguments = Zero We've made it to Oz. We arrived in Perth on Sunday to a bit of rain (we think its following us!) after a fantastic end in South Africa. We spent 2 nights in wonderful 5-star luxury while on safari at Shamwari. The place itself was amazing and we were waited on hand and foot while the game drives were incredible. Considering we weren't really bothered about doing safari it has been the highlight of the trip so far. Mark was really good at spotting animals and when he spotted the hippo's before our ranger he was renamed 'imfubu' ... read more

We spent a day at Caversham Wildlife park at the weekend, it was great, it's in the middle of Whiteman Park, about 30KM's North of the city. It houses all different species of Australian animals in a natural surrounding, there aren't many fences (apart from the main one around the park) and most of the animals are free to roam about and that. There's loads to see and you're allowed to interact with the animals, feeding them, racing them, challenging them to jumping competitions etc. We see loads of different things, Cassowary, Lorikeets, Flying Foxes, Koalas, Quokka, Wallabies, Walleroos, Kangadrews, Tasmanian Devils, Kookaburra, Damas, Falcons, Eagles, Busards, Curlew, Dingos, Potteroos, Wombats, Gliders, Camels etc. I'll probably fill in the blanks at a later date but am starving so away to eat a Kangaroo steak, wonder if ... read more

I came back to Perth Sunday night having 2 big missions: visiting Perth Mint (because Erez said it was a must) and finding lift / travel mates to go north together. Monday was almost fully spent on that task (and in the meantime I also extended my visa to Australia to end of August!). After visiting some backpackers and checking their notice boards, I came back to my own hostel just to discover there was a British girl sitting in the cafe there and she was looking for the same thing! The rest of the day was spent on renting a car and looking in more notice boards for a third partner. So we are going together tomorrow morning, and we'll know tonight whether it's the 2 or 3 of us. I was so glad to ... read more