G’day everybody! (or “gidday”, an australian shortcut for “Good day”)
This is the third post. So far I’m still on time with my blog posts 🙂
So I’m still in Attadale at Debra and Trevor’s place. They are really lovely. They invite me over for dinner every evening. Debra is really a great cook. One of the best meals I’ve eaten is corned Beef with vegetables.
In exchange for their hospitality, I remove the leaves, weed around the house and varnish an old counter out behind the house. I have to admit that they don’t ask me to do a lot. Every day, Debra insists that I visit every single place around Perth.
As for the paperwork, I sorted out all the bank stuff on Monday and got my tax number “TFN” (I’ll need it if I want to work as a fruit picker). The same day, I tried taking a self-guided stroll in the city center. Actually, you can find some self-guided trails on the Perth website (https://www.perth.wa.gov.au/our-capital-city/things-see-and-do/self-guided-trails). This is a nice way to learn about the city on your own. For instance, you can learn that the city of Perth was originally built by convicts.
On Tuesday, I went to Rottnest Island, a small island off the coast of Perth. You should book your trip on a Tuesday if you plan to go there. They call it “Tuesday telethon” and tickets are half price. The ticket came with a bike and I could gone on a trip all around the Island. That is not realistic to do on foot in a single day. On the island, you can observe the quokka which is a marsupial about the size of a cat (check out my pics in the album).
These little creatures are really greedy… to such an extent that they will come to see if you have any food for them. You can’t feed them, but if you have some water you can pour it into the palm of your hand and the quokkas will come right up to you and drink it! I also saw some sea lions in the water. There are some volunteer guides on the island and I was able to learn some facts about the island and the species that live there. If you are in Perth, you should definitly go to visit Rottnest Island.
On Wednesday I spent part of the day outside, sanding a counter to get rid of the old varnish. Later in the afternoon, I met Tom and Megane, an English couple who have spent 6 months in OZ (comes from Aussie for Australia). They left Perth on Saturday and are off to Broome in the north. In the evening Trevor and Debra invited us to the East Fremantle Yatch Club. The food there was really nice. I am starting to eat more fish again (maybe because it’s deep fried 🙂 ).
Speaking of fish, I went out for a fish and chips lunch on Thursday with Murray my Couchsurfing host, we had decided to do so earlier in the week. We had a beer at Little Creatures Brewery (nice IPA there). And after that we tried the fish and chips at Joe’s Fish Shack (such a yummy fried fish!).
I went back to Kings Park as well. It’s a huge park with a botanical garden, nature trails and big grassy areas. You can walk for a while there without running into anybody (at least on Friday). I wish we had that kind of park in Marseille (and don’t mention the Borély park or Pastré please, they are both way outside of town).Â
While I was taking pictures, I noticed “The Swan Brewery” down along the “Swan river” and bound to be I ended up there trying their Australian Pale Ale (not so bad 😉 ). In the evening I met Thomas, a Portuguese who has been traveling around the world for almost a year. He is passing through and he wanted some company to experience the night life in Perth. Pretty much every place to hang out is in Nothbridge, which at night is a very lively district of Perth.
I’ll stay in Perth for few more days and I’ll probably hit the road on Wednesday. I’m not sure yet, but I may have found a group of travelers to team up with.
Click below the see all the photos 😉
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