Hi guys!
There I am! My flight travel was alright but these 30 hours of flight wore me out. Add on top of that the jetflag (+6h) and you see my point. That said, I should get used to it fairly quickly, it’s not as if I had landed on the East coast.
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on from my stopovers, I can tell you that Istanbul Airport has nothing attractive. Even the WIFI ask you to register in order to get 2 free hours of Internet :-/ Singapor airport on the other hand has a lot to offer with showers, free cinemas, prayer rooms, smoking rooms, a butterfly garden and so on… that’s crazy. That turns a typical deadly stopover into a great moment!
Concerning my first steps in Australia, as expected Murray picked me up at the airport. He didn’t recognise me from the description. I had given to him “a red backpack with yellow strips”. The reason is not really funny actually. I wasn’t carrying it as it hadn’t come up on the carousel at the airport! Of course I made a claim to the airline. Not so bad, they gave me a toilet bag and 150$ to wait until it turns up. Surprisingly that didn’t ruin my day. I had already gotten used to the idea of doing without it actually. I know I’m a bit pessimistic.
First we went at Murray’s home so I could settle in. He showed me the house and his garden and then he took me for a little ride around Perth. I needed to get a phone card so he went with me to a phone shop. The guy at the desk was completely amazed when I told him in France we’ve got plans up to 100G over 4G networks for about 30$/month 🙂 I was completely burned out during all the day and staying 
seated in the car didn’t help me to stay awake. We went to eat at a little café along the beach and I had a burger and a flat white coffee (the regular australian coffee). After that we headed to his home and I had a quick nap, I couldn’t stand it any more. He invited me to share a meal in the evening before we called it a day. The following day Murray insisted on giving me a trousers for the continuation of my venture (He pitied me I guess lmao) and he took me to see kangarous at Mundaring Weir. It was so exciting to see kangarous for the first time!
We had a last coffee and he dropped me off at the bus station. I headed to the city center and to Fremantle to meet Amandine at the beach. She was doing a surf lesson. I think I’ll give it a try soon as well. She invited me to join her to visit Fremantle market, a nice little market, where I couldn’t help but buy a t-shirt with a bad boy style kangarou on it (I had to actually, remember I have no more spare clothes). There we met Matt, a friend of hers there. After the market we wanted a beer or something to eat so we went to a Brewery called Monk and I tasted my first Australian beer, it was bound to be an IPA and a very good one 😉 (I put a high mark 3.75/5)
Later we went to the lighthouse at the end of the harbour to see the sunset, and time came for me to meet my workaway hosts, Debra and Trevor, so I left them to take the bus. Once I arrived Debra greeted me and shown me the house. Trevor was out for his job and Debra was preparing a birthday for the next day. She invited me to share a delightful meal with her (soup and rice with chicken :d). After the meal she suggested that I pick a movie and to take a place in Trevor’s room, just about a real cinema with heaps of Blu-rays and two rows of seats!
I’m nicely settled in an outhouse with a king size bed, my own bathroom and a little kitchen. Even breakfast was set!
On saturday I went for a little stroll downtown in Perth to locate every exchange office as I’ve still got plenty of euros to change. Before I left France I had withdrown some cash and I had exchanged a part of it at the airport. Actually I’ve been marked by money issues in NZ – my grand mother might remember bringing her phone to the bank to put me straight through! – and I wanted to avoid to be caught short (long life to the cash!). I bought some food as well. It’s always funny to discover grocery shops overseas. That made me remember New Zealand as the product sold there are pretty much the same.
Good news, after 2 days Singapour Airlines finally found my bag and drop it off out the front here at my hosts place! all’s well that ends well!
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See you soon!
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