Ascot Quay Perth

... 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 ...

Well the time has finally come, outa here tomorrow morning! Plane doesnt leave till 6, but damn international, you have to be there like 2 hours early... So anyway, rushing around like mad today getting the things ive forgotten or been too lazy to get... umm am I prepared? Im not sure?? Ill find out when i get there i guess.. What an adventure!!

Watch this space...

... daylight. Much eating of yummy noodles and queuing up at the super busy cinema (cheap Tuesday I have learnt) to see Transformers 2. and this film was so very very long that i missed the last bus home. So I spent the night at hers with little pesky dog Ewok, watching the Micheal Jackson memorial LIVE. which went on until about 4.30am Western Australia time.

Now then. As I had learnt on Monday- time is of the essence when job hunting in this fair city and seeing as the ...

... husband dia, katanya tak yah dok hotel pon takpe sebab boleh lepak rumah dia. Aku jawab, takpelah sebab dah book dan bayar dah pon. Lagipun kan ke segan tu kalau nak lepak lelama kat rumah orang? Pastu kawan aku dengan 2 orang anak mereka yang comel-comel hantar kami ke Town Center. Hotel aku tu memang betul macam yang aku research, kat tengah-tengah town, dan dekat ...

Final stop in Australia - with friends in Perth in Western Australia First day was to revisit Perth, where we lived 35 years ago. It has changed! Also memory is very unreliable. As befits a capital city, big shopping pedestrian precincts now, lots of shops, loads of cafes, but far fewer high rises than Sydney or Melbourne and a more relaxed feel. There is now also a good train service from north to south. We went up to Kings Park, the botanic gardens, from where you get a ...

... where the range meets the reef". Exmouth has a population of about 2,500 people and is named after a British Royal Naval Officer. During World War II, the area became important for a military operation named "operation potshot". We spent two full days in Exmouth and although a huge grey blanket of cloud hung overhead it was still relatively warm. We snorkelled at Turqoise Bay and saw some ...

... sicher ein paar "Pfuenderli" zugelegt. Am naechsten Tag fuhren wir per Faehre nach Rottnest Island, wo wir unseren "Pfuenderli" sogleich den Kampf ansagten und per Velo ueber die Insel radelten. Lance Armstrong waere erblasst vor Neid. "Rotto" wie es von den Aussies genannt wird, verzauberte uns durch... Ihr duerft dreimal raten... seine schoenen Straende und lustige Beuteltiere Namens Quokkas. Dies sind nach freier Interpretation des ...

... snorkel along the reef. We saw turtles, sharks, octopus, rays and loads of colourfull fish. As it was the nesting season for the turtles we were able to go on the beach at night and watch the females come out of the water and dig their nests before laying their eggs. That was amazing to watch. Next stop was Shark Bay. Called that for obvious reasons. Here we saw Stromatolites, a primitive form of life that existed ...

Perth - 16th - 22 December

We spent the next week chilling out, reading the paper and unable to do our travel pod because my dad doesn't have internet! We went to the beach, rode around on bikes and watched tv. Went to the pub with dad a few times. Oh normal things are so good when you haven't been able to do them for a while!

Dad took us on a cruise from Fremantle to Perth and ...

... how many major wars Australian soldiers have fought in over the years.





We took a few snaps with the city skyline behind us, then walked into town to have a quick wander round.



To get into the CBD we walked down 'Jacobs Ladder' which is a set of steep ...