Northbridge Perth

Da es gestern so lange gedauert hat, bis wir endlich zu Hause waren, haben wir uns heute so richtig ausgeschlafen. Als wir dann um ein Uhr wach waren haben wir nur schnell was gefrühstückt und sind mit dem Bus und Zug in die Stadt gefahren. Jeden Freitag haben dort die Geschäfte bis um 9 Uhr abends geöffnet und da die Sonne bis dann schon …

Der heutige Tag fing etwas ungut an, den Magaly hatte ziemlich schlimme Kopfschmerzen. Trotzdem sind wir in Richtung Stadt gefahren und haben uns dort umgesehen. Das es mit den Schmerzen allerdings nicht besser wurde gingen wir zur Entspannung zum Kings Park. Da das Wetter auch gut mitspielte bekamen wir einen wunderschönen Ausblick aus die Skyline …

So, Perth. The wonderful city of Perth. A couple months ago if you asked me if I wanted to go to Perth I probably would have said "yeah, maybe as a pass through kind of town" but today I couldn't imagine not coming here. I love it. It's got that small town feel with all the convenience of a city.

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We arrived at Perth Airport and had to wait for the next shuttle bus. We arrived at our hostel Perth City YHA on Wellington Street we checked out our room that we were sharing with two other people from Hong Kong. We had a tour of Perth and Northbridge and we went for a food shop at Woolworths. When we were looking around Greg stated $3 for bread …

So today was the day i flew back to Perth and back to not so warm weather!! When i arrived at the hostel, found that they had messed up my booking so had to have a rant before they fixed it! Watched Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in the Northbridge Plaza before going back to the hostel to catch up on some footie. Watched Man City -v- Spurs game …

... with an hour and a half time difference at 4.30pm. We got into Perth which is a really small city and made our way to Northbridge to find somewhere to stay. We got a room at a hostel on Aberdeen street and dumped our bags and heading out to get some ...

... decided that we should see a few more of Perths tourist attractions before we headed south so we made our way to the Perth Mint (PIC), Australia's oldest operating mint and one of the oldest in the world. It was set up to manufacture coins, bullion and ...

... march through the streets, campaigning for human rights on World Refugee Day. Joining the crowds we marched through Northbridge all the way to Perth's Cultural Centre, flanked by police and news crews either side. There was an excellent percussion ...

... apple in. It is serious stuff! Well, I soon found my way to the hostel I had decided upon, this was the YHA in Northbridge, Perth. It was quite large with reasonable facilities and I had soon checked in for a couple of nights. My first day in ...

... that we had our eye on during our previous stay in Perth. After a gorgeous meal and relaxing evening we returned to Hotel Northbridge to grab a quick nightcap from the bar before parking up for the night behind the hotel; an area we knew would be ...

... meet up with a couple I'd been talking to on the net for a meal. They were going to one of the Vietnamese restaurants in Northbridge with a couple of friends and invited me along. There was about 6 of us and the meal was very nice, and not too expensive ...

... down. Atleast 10 degree changes. The CBD is completely dead at night so we went north of the railway line to Northbridge where all the bars/restaurants live. Caroline remembered a food court which was backpackers paradise. Tonnes of fantastic Thai, ...

Day 189 - 28/08/08 Booked a hostel online last night for a my first couple of nights in Australia. Staying at the Britannia Hostel in Northbridge, central Perth. Suppose to be an OK place according to the reviews online and bang in the centre of ...

... museum so we spent about an hour there (now, you could only do that in the 2nd sunniest city in the world). Walked to Northbridge which is the place people go out and where backpackers stay. Kings Park looks out over the city. Good views and a great ...

... . Not that I'm jumping to conclusions though! A brief meander aound Fremantle and we drove back to Perth to prepare for departure tomorrow. We haven't done Western Australia justice at all but the lure of meeting up with friends from home on the East ...