Beautiful weather in Perth

I really enjoyed the down time in Perth. I needed to take some time off from the last 30 days of solo travels. So I sat around in the lounge and watched a lot of telly. I think Steve was a bit annoyed at the amount of time I spent in front of the telly. I managed to do a few things when I'm not staring at the black box. Steve took some time off work to show me around town. Oh, bless that nice lad.

We took a stroll around Kings Park at night, enjoyed the night view of Perth city and whispered into the whispering wall. I wasn't able to hear Steve's whispers from the other end of the wall, but when he spoke in a normal voice, I could hear whispers.

We took another stroll around Kings Park in the afternoon, in another part of the park. We went on the walking trail, but didn't finish it because it was quite long and I got hungry. They really need a couple of hotdog stands in the area.


Went to Caversham wildlife Park. I saw lots of animals that were native to Australia. The kangaroos and koala were my favourite and I spent most of my time there with the kangaroos. I went around to pet and feed them. A few days later, Steve made us kangaroo steak for dinner. It was tender and very delicious.


There were a few koalas at the park. They spent most of their time sleeping. We got to pet one of them. They each take 20 minute petting stints, and the keeper was there to identify the current koala that was on petting duty.


We caught the farm show, that demonstrated sheep sheering. I volunteered to try and crack the whip. It took me 3 tries before I was able to make the loud cracking sound. On my second attempt, I managed to wrap the whip around myself. Don't worry mom, I didn't hurt myself.

Went to Hillarys Boat Harbour and enjoyed a nice cold bottle of cider. At the same time, enjoyed the sunny weather and the beautiful view of the harbour. I was smashed after that cider.


Walked around in Perth city, saw the famous bell tower and wheel of Perth. The wheel of Perth is like the smaller version of the London Eye.

Took a stroll around Fremantle and had lunch at Joe's Fish Shack. We were sat right next to the windows where we could enjoy the harbour views while we ate.

Steve took me to a few beaches: Scarborough beach, city beach, and a beach by Freo. I went for a dip in all of them and experienced real waves. I also sampled the sea water in all of the beaches, not by choice of course. It tasted very salty. I don't recommend consuming large quantities of this.

After 3 weeks in South Africa and 30 days in the blister heat of Thailand, I managed to get sun burn within a few days in Perth! Ouch!


We took the ferry to Rottnest Island, rented a bike for the day and went to a few different beaches where I snorkeled for the first time. I was freaked out at first, because breathing felt quite different, and a bit harder.

We managed to see a Quokka, little furry creatures native to the island. One of the tourist was feeding it chips, even though there was a sign a few meters away that said not to feed animals.

We went to a club in the city with a few of Steve's mates. I had to buy a pair of decent looking shoes to get in. I had a bottle of cider and got smashed. Don't worry mom, Steve was there to make sure that nothing bad happen.

The Aussie's love to shorten words. Fremantle is Freo, Rottnest Island is Rotto, McDonalds is Maccas, Crocodiles are Crocs...

The Aussie money are very colourful, just like the Canadian ones, but the size for each note is different and they are made out of plastic... very hard to fold.

Tomorrow (Thursday March 18th) I will be leaving Perth and flying out to Alice Springs, where i've joined a 3 day tour to see the famous Ayers Rock.