Kings Park & Botanic Garden Perth

I had no intention of staying in Perth for more than two weeks, but within one week I had met a lot of people and remembered how much I liked the place. So I decided to look for work and it took me about a month to find a warehouse job for Iron Mountain. Getting a forklift license helped me get extra hours and the job was about as good a job as I' …

Encore un temps merveilleux, pas de quoi envier Sydney qui est toujours sous la pluie...La nuit n'as pas été super, malade, 10 sonneries de réveil par les autres de la chambre, il arrive un âge ou le backpackers devient légèrement insupportable je pense. Malgré tout au matin ça allait un peu mieux, 2 Dafalgan et hop reparti en ville pour visiter le …

On the Road Again this time to Perth, unfortunately our last destination before flying home. First stop is Kings Park Botanical Gardens, approx 30 minute drive. Kings Park (over 1000 acres) is the largest Botanical Gardens in the world (even larger than New York Central Park) and looks over the Swan River and Perth. Absolutely beautiful views, the …

Once again we're off the map – the map in the car’s GPS that is. We’re travelling down the new Indian Ocean drive which connects Cervantes and the Jurien Bay areas directly to the northern suburbs of Perth, and Chris didn’t update the data in the GPS before we left. In our direction the highway leads directly to Yanchep/Two …

On arrival in Perth we checked into our apartments in the city, Mountway Holiday Apartments, they were very basic and could do with a bit of an upgrade but they were in a good location and clean so couldn't complain.

Day one - Beach Day
The weather in Perth was around 38 degrees with no sign of changing so we were more than making up …

Entry containing 10 photos titled: Perth, Kings park, Meeting Fran, Chris and thier family, Kangaroo, Rottnest Island, Rottnest Island lighthouse

I'm sure you will all agree with me when I say that Ollie is a numpty. I say this because the foolish, naive boy didn't take notice of how I constantly abuse my parents credit card (thanks mum and dad) and gave me his debit card...and pin number. I mean really, what did he expect?

I met my pal Magnet at the Belgian Beer Cafe in Perth he …

Made our last flights from Singapore to Perth via KL and finally landed there at 1AM. It was so nice to see people we actually knew (Paul's sister Emma and her fiancé Duckey), and be collected from the airport by people who knew where they were going. Who knew these things could be such a novelty!? We spent a little while catching up before going …

In Perth angekommen ging es mit dem Shuttle-Bus ins Hostel und zum Glück konnten wir sofort in unsere Zimmer und hielten aufgrund der kurzen Nacht erst einmal ein kleines Nickerchen.

Beim Bummel am Nachmittag durch die Stadt stellten wir sofort fest, dass hier das ,,Feeling" ganz anders war ;-) viel entspannter, nicht so voll, keine Leute …

G'day Mates. This is my quarterly update here. I moved to Perth at the end of January 2011 on basically no notice. I knew no one here when I arrived and pretty much from the time I got off the plane, I was knocking everywhere looking for jobs. Everyone asked me the same questions which were... "Do you have transport?" and “Do you have …