{"id":69,"date":"2017-06-11T17:05:20","date_gmt":"2017-06-11T17:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oz.tristanpilat.com\/?p=69"},"modified":"2017-06-11T17:20:41","modified_gmt":"2017-06-11T17:20:41","slug":"welcome-to-perth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oz.tristanpilat.com\/index.php\/language\/en\/2017\/06\/11\/welcome-to-perth\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Perth!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi guys!<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Following\"\" 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\u2026 that’s crazy. That turns a typical deadly stopover into a great moment!<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0around 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 \ud83d\ude42 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 caf\u00e9 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!<\/p>\n

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,\u00a0remember 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 \ud83d\ude09 (I put a high mark 3.75\/5)<\/p>\n

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!<\/p>\n

I’m nicely settled in an outhouse with a king size bed, my own bathroom and a little kitchen. Even breakfast was set!<\/p>\n

\"\"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.<\/p>\n

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!<\/p>\n

Click below the see all the photos \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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Welcome to Perth \/ Google Photos<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

See you soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. Following on…<\/span><\/p>\n

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