Backpack City and Surf Perth

... All the way to Australia and spend our first day at an outlet mall. Ah well, it was easy to find some lunch there and then work out way down to the river. Our experience in Australia has always been that places close rather early to our way of thinking. So while we finally hit the river around 4 p.m., it was too late for any river cruises. When we finally got across the river, it was too late to ...

... of flies. I tried for 2 hours & decided that there’s no point in wasting the day so I went & swapped it for a tricycle. Once on my tricycle I was zipping it around! Loved it! We went to the beach & checked out the area, however it was too hot to enjoy properly & there were way too many flies on the island – something Kiran’s hates! But we did get to see wild quokers.

Diwali & New Year is ...

... me and fall aleep till midday!! Crawling out my bed and into the shower I think of the ridiculous number of times they have probably called my name over the tannoy to pay and before I know it I am stranded outside my room in my towel because my electronic key has been disabled. Great I am standing in the hallway wrapped in my towel 2 hours after check out and I have no choice but to go to reception.

Good job I don't get embarrased huh?!

I spend the afternoon ...

... some much needed sunshine (plus wind though). And the evening I spent about 4 hours with Lucas from Munich talking of Oktoberfest, internships in Ecuador and trying to understand Aussie football.

Saturday I got taken out for lunch in Mount Lawley with Laura and Kelse as the former person wanted to borrow $140! good times. Then, once back at the hostel, Craig and I, in our Glasgow slumsssss, started early as we watched the Tri Nations rugby and ...

... jek lagi. We bought it and lepak-lepak jela kat situ, sambil dengar muzik dan perhatikan orang, burung, kapal, laut. Tapi masa tu dah sejuk berangin sangat dan aku dengan Ed dah mula tak tahan dah masa tu.Bersama Adawiyah, anak Shima yang cute dan senyum jek sokmo At 3.15 the ferry arrived. At 3.30 pm the ferry gerak ke Perth city. Baru je gerak beberapa minute, kapten ...

We had a great few months living and working in Perth and spending time with Ryan's parents and sister and brother-in-law (Frank & Vicki & Toni & Richard respectively, for future use for those of you who didn't know!). We picked grapes in Margaret River, a few hours south of Perth, and also worked in the city for 6 ...

... koalas, extremely tame, all loving to be cuddled! Although mostly asleep when we arrived, when the keepers came into the enclosure two or three came down from their perch in the crook of a little tree, and came across to the keeper, holding up their arms to be picked up! Which they were of course. So cute. They also have wallabies, deer, dingos, pelicans, black swans, cockatoos and an echidna although this was not on view as the enclosure is not built yet; they had to ...

... like cherryade! That evening we had a kangaroo hopping round outside our chalet. It wasn't the cocktails making us see things - it really was a kangaroo! Later that evening we wandered to the beach in search of turtles hatching. We saw lots of broken egg shells, but no baby turtles. Our perseverance, however, paid off. Judith spotted a huge female turtle which had emerged from the ink-black ...