Hotel Ibis Perth

... og kommer fortsat til - at koere rigtig meget, men det betingelsen hvis man se noget i land med saa store afstande. Naar man rejser paa denne maade, kommer man desvaerre ogsaa til at opleve bilismens bagside - nemlig de mange trafikdraebte dyr.<br><br>Den 27.10.<br>Begyndte dagen med en kort rundtur i Albany, hvorefter vi fortsatte til Torndirrup Nationalpark. Her saa vi nogle klippeformationer der er opstaaet da det australske kontinent loesrev sig ...

... to go and they point me in the direction of the far side of the park. Once I get over there I squueze back through the gap in the fence, pull on my lost tourist look and go and ask some guy where to go. Before I know it this woman is offering me a lift in her car and I have hopped inside and am driving along and back and along and back. Neither of us really know where we are going so I get her to drop me outside Underground Backpackers. I have seen this ...

... I fell asleep and when I woke up it was 7am! The phone still hadn&#8217;t rung and was a little concerned as to what was happening but at 7:30 the call came to go down. <br><br>I walked into the ships office and was greeted by a female customs officer who instead of being the usual straight faced, straight talking customs officer was actually very friendly and nice. I filled out my arrivals card in which time a second male customs officer arrived. Whilst filling ...

Sawasdee krap <br><br>After a super breakfast our first day in Hua Hin began with a short stroll to find a tuk tuk and negotiate a deal for the day.........found one!!!......there are only about 10000 of them!!.......Driver Danay.........900Baht.......the tuk tuk was all decked out in West Coast Eagles colours so paid him an extra 100Baht!!.......it was the most magnificent day with sunshine and even a cooling sea breeze ...

... that instead of stopping at Denham - a town with no attractions or facilities really! Monkey Mia was pretty though and, one of Tom's highlights of the trip because he got to FEED A DOLPHIN! Which was very exciting for him: apparently it was a shy dolphin that only he could manage to feed.<br><br>From Monkey Mia we went to Kalbarri national park where we had a role reversal and I persuaded Tom to do a long walk! Good job we had his home ...

... personal.  That day those of us doing the 4 day tour left our group and headed back towards Perth while the others continued up the coast to Ningaloo Reef and Coral Bay.  I would have loved to continue on with the others but the second have of the trip was loads more expensive and I didnt want to spend all my money before getting a job (sensible hat on!) so we had a few more hours with the group before saying goodbye! We stopped at a sea-life park called Ocean park ...

... Loser Australia, my all time favourite show and now it's on here every day wooooo! Anyway I found out that the two trainers were going to be coming to a local mall (what are the chances?!) so I caught the bus (yeah it was 45 mins but sooo worth it) was there ridiculously early (but was able to make friends with the security guards so much that they brought me a chair while I was waiting) and then got to be front and center for the trainers while they talked ...

... out to be a great distraction for everyone as he got pass the parcelled around the group and was gooed and garred over. Tears were shed and then we were off! We found Perth to be a) quite far from Nelson and b) very hot! Kelly and Brendon kindly picked us up from the airport which was a huge help as we were quite weary. They dropped us off at the backpackers where we met our roomie - a construction worker who had lived in ...

... was quite interesting as the way the Aussie commentators talked about how they smashed the pommies. I found it quite strange the way that the commentators talked about it, there was no way that British commentators could say things like that in that manner. During my first week in Australia was Australia day which is the national holiday of Australia, this was the hottest recorded day for the year in Perth as it reached 44 degrees. I had ...

... week in Northern NZ. I decided to skip the Cook Islands as it was going to add over $1000USD to my airfare. I'll save the money for something special, like the Galapagos. <br> <br>Nate and family graciously adopted me over Xmas and I could not have felt more at home or welcomed. I left with a belly that was fuller-than-full after wonderful hours of chatting. <br> <br>So, just returned from Swanbourne Beach after a day of relaxation. I've ...