One World Backpackers Perth

On the morning we were due to get the train we bought the Sunday paper and found our interview was briefly mentioned - see the attached photo. Upon boarding the Indian Pacific later that evening we found lots of complimentary copies, so grabbed a few for our scrapbooks. The article mentioned that the pavement temperature during the pageant was a mind-blowing 54 degrees centrigrade - no wonder the kids got so hot doing their sidewalk chalk !

The train was ...

... to the beach and getting nicely toasted. Scarborough Beach is lovely but the sea currents are very dangerous!!! That day continued with more drinking which didn't stop really until Sunday night! Get over it i was in holiday mode...i swear i stopped (kinda) after that mad weekend...and mad it got on Sunday night.

Sunday night was the welcomed return (well for some of us) of Captain Orla Morgan and ...

... i would get a UTI! but everything crossed- i think i'm nearly back to normal now.
So thats all up to date. Went into work yesterday- still had no hours. Went to an agency and got a job in the country within an hour. its a shame- that place really could have been a wicked place to work but the people skills of those there were lacking to say the least! at least i got some good cheese for a while. and now i hope to get some good beer!
went to Old Shanghai, this time joined ...

... Ein Gluecksgriff! Von hier aus sind wir auf Arbeitssuche, was sich nicht ganz einfach gestaltet. Unseren Lieblingsjob haben wir schon gefunden: Rund um Broome werden immer wieder Leute fuer die Perlenindustrie gesucht, die in den einsamen klaren Wassern an Bord der Schiffe helfen. Leider wurde die Perlenindustrie von der Wirtschaftskrise schwer getroffen, so dass gerade kein Bedarf an Arbeitern besteht. Wir versuchen es ...

... masak ni. Masa aku sampai dia tengah tumbuk kerisik. Sabar jelah kan. Berie-ie masak tu. Baik sunggoh kawan aku tu. Later we ate bihun goreng, dan roti canai dengan kari daging. Gempak kan diorang masak. Tak cukup dengan tu, diorang bekalkan pulak bihun dalam dua tupperware. Plan asal kami nak ke Rockingham, dan mereka bersungguh nak pinjamkan kereta. Aku ni segan sebenarnya. So aku dan Ed cadangkan kami try pergi naik train sahaja. Member aku nampak macam risau, tau ke nak ...

... None of that dorm business though, not keen on that, we needed peace, quiet, privacy and, most importantly, a veeeeeerrrrry long sleep. Maybe a good night's sleep would cure the permanent sensation of moving we were still experiencing and prepare us for the next obstacle: What next? Our first day in Perth consisted of phoning the campervan companies again, too see if there where any more vehicles available, finding somewhere a bit cheaper to stay and a bit of getting lost ...

... chocolates, rocky road chocolates, chocolate sauces and sugar-free chocolates. We also stopped at a cheese tasting shop and sampled a range of cheeses. Finally we gave in to temptation and sampled the wine at the very grand family-owned Laurence vineyard. We rounded off the day with an early evening swim at Yallingup beach where we saw a starfish and a sting-ray in the shallow water ...

It was very quiet in the house this morning with Dave and Barb off to work, Marcus back at school, Monique and Daniel off to their part time jobs and Kate still at Josh's, only Frank, Barbara and I were around at breakfast. Barb and I borrowed Dave and Barb's Maxima again today to visit Tony and Maureen in Morley where we were invited for lunch. It's a half hour or so drive to the suburb of Morley where they live but pretty direct and we arrived at around 11.45 to find Tony ...