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The BEAST!
My 1987 4.1 litre dual fuel straight six Ford Falcon - try getting that on the road in England at 24! lol Sorry this has taken so long to sort kids but been living it up in Sydney and Melbourne so it's to be expected, here's the next instalment anyway yeah...
Welcome back to Australia - the land of drive thru offy's and pre-mixed cans of bourbon and coke, I'm in me element here I tell ya!
Me mate Gaz who I know from back home but has been living here in Perth for the last 3 and a half years came and got us from the airport then it was off to The Swinging Pig in Rockingham to have my first beer in Australia ever - get in! For some reason the Aussie's seem to call ALL beers lager even though it's actualy lager but I wasn't complaining coz it was good stuff. Jibbed back to his house after this to get settled and get my stuff that was already at Gaz's since my Dad posted me a full suitcase of clothes over so it was here waiting for me when I arrived (cheers again for that Dad, it was like Christmas Day when I was a kid when I opened it up again - absolute quality having some decent clothes with
Me and Gaz up at King's Park overlooking Perth
Good view innit (apart from the two ugly fuckers in the foreground of course) ;o) me in instead of the same shit I'd been wearing for 4 months!). Hmm, what can I do now d'ya reckon? Drink until I'm absolutely leathered seemed to be the choice option so away we went - welcome to your new home country kid! :o)
Gaz didn't actually have enough room at his for me to stay for the time I was staying in Perth so lunchtime the next day we packed up all my shit and headed off to Jay's house where he'd sorted us a room for my stay, he was around my age and al so it worked out cushtie. Got myself settled and had a few beers, it was around this time that he set me the Turkey challenge - if you get through 6 pre-mixed cans you're doing well, 8 cans and you're hardcore. How many did i get through that night? 11 of the bastards - get the fuck in!!! Had me first Aussie barbie since I'd come back that night and all and it was fit as, good stuff!
The next day Gaz pulled a sicky so we went to get all my stuff sorted out - got an Aussie SIM, sorted myself
Get the foooook in!
United 2, Arsenal 0 - quality! Think me and Gaz woke half the neighbourhood when the 2nd goal went in but it's all good... an Aussie driving license (great being dual nationality innit?!), got an Aussie bank account and went and sampled a proper Aussie pub - good day all round I thought (Absolutely rinsed the cash but never mind).
It was the next day I realised that I was a bit screwed at Jay's with no transport as I was in Waikiki about 5km south of Rockingham and there wasn't a lot there so I decided that I was gonna buy Gaz's mate Brent's Ford Falcon off him as soon as my cash landed in my Aussie acount in a week or so. Spent the next few days drinking VB's by the block (30 cans in a block btw), and doing very little so not a lot to report, it all changed when I got me wheels though...
See pics of my new car, an '86 4.1L Ford Falcon - it's a fucking beast! lol. Rear wheel drive and all which scared the shit out of me one day when it was wet and I kicked the back end out on a roundabout but I'm still here to tell the tale so can't have done too badly.
That weekend I went drinking with
Ah Gaz, you shouldn't have challenged me to a drinking comp!
I ruined the lad I reckon, get a bit of practice in over the next 12 months and we'll have round two eh? ;o) Gary's cousin Julie so jibbed down to The Swinging Pig till closing time where I ended up getting chatted up by an 18yr old girl called Emma whose mates were called Erin and Amy (anyone that knows me will know why I had to bring this up - random as eh?!), then after that we went on to Vibe which is classed as a club but when the DJ is talking over the top of the tunes and it goes from house to r'n'b to indie then it's not a club like I'm used to in all honesty, had a good laugh all the same though. Went on to Liquid for a bit from there but that was shit so spent the rest of the night in Vibe till they chucked us out at 6am.
On the Sunday after that me, Gaz and Sue all went for a drive over to King's Park in the centre of Perth coz I hadn't seen the city yet, glad I did and all coz it was well nice, hell of a lot cleaner than any park you'd get back home and all! Didn't really see the town centre that much but had a
Iron Knob - what were they thinking?!
Immature as fuck I know but had to get the proof of this one - I was pissing meself! lol good day out all the same then when we got back I bought 12 cans of Wild Turkey and coke and got wasted in preperation for the United vs. Arsenal game and we fucking dicked them 2-0, quality!
The rest of that week was spent drinking and dossing about to be fair but on the Saturday Gaz's mate Drew came round to take us out fishing on the river and get pissed, it was mint and all so well impressed. Caught a fish on each of the first two casts but then didn't get sod all for the rest of the day but it was a good laugh anyway so it's all good. Saturday night I went to The Swinging Pig and Vibe again (and managed to drag Gaz and Sue out this time), and got leathered. Met up with Emma and her mates again which was a bit of a mistake coz I fancied her mate Amy and she was flirting like fuck but I couldn't get anywhere coz she wouldn't go behind her mates back - twat!!! Ah well, put up with 2nd best and took her home only to discover next morning I'd had a heavy dose
My home for 3 weeks
13 Hopkins Place Waikiki (you can tell I didn't take enough pics for this blog can't ya) lol of beer glasses on so was on a downer for the rest of the day along with being hungover to fook.
3 days later I was getting my stuff together and off on my way to Adelaide to meet up with Paul and Tom who were already there, cushtie!
Just wanna say, cheers again to Gaz and Sue for putting up with me and helping us out so much and cheers to Jay for not getting pissed off when I woke him up at stupid times in the morning when I was shitfaced. ;o)
I'll get the next blogs sorted as soon as I stop drinking so much or get a job yeah, laters kids...
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emski
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no way
yeah that is a bit mad !