Arrival and exploration
we made it!
here we are in perth. geographically as far from cornwall as we could have moved (according to eric, my geography guru). to be precise: exactly 1/2 way around the world from cornwall is approximately 300miles off the coast of perth (again, eric). so, it may be shorter for you to start digging...we'll hire a boat for the day to meet you :)
our flights weren't as bad as we had expected. long, yes. don't get me wrong. very very long. so long that my coccyx was sore from the uncomfortable seats. but we had good entertainment, good food and overall 2 good flights. we arrived in perth this morning (last night to all of you back home) at 9am. we were surprisingly ok. well, we felt ok. but when i post a before/after picture of the flights, we look worse for wear, that's for sure. no problems at customs at all either, which was surprising given the amount of stuff we have.
we took a shuttle into fremantle and got settled in at our hostel. the largest i have EVER seen. it's huge. it's got a pool, free internet, a very cheap bar, and a luxury kitchen (though a rather disgusting looking keyboard. thank goodness for purell!). our room leaves much to be desired, but it's cheap, it's central and well, it's cheap. after dropping our ridiculous amount of stuff off (we are at a backpacker's hostel after all... most of them are not moving here for 5 years!) we took off to explore. in the 30 degree weather. with a nice ocean breeze to keep it feeling nice. ah! so this is why we came...
spent the rest of the day strolling around freo (as the locals say) and along the coastal trail. found the market, hit up a grocery store and stopped at a cafe. as i write this, john is preparing some food for us, which we will eat on the back patio of the hostel. this will likely be followed by a drink at the cheap bar. fun!
things we've learned about australia so far:
-we don't think kangaroo's are as populous as we have been lead to believe... we have yet to see one
-the "el camino" is a suprisingly popular car here (no, really. i mean it)
-spf 30, applied twice in 5 hours is still not enough for our delicate "whitey" canadian skin. a touch of pink on the shoulders. mental note: spf 45
-flip flops are a necessity for many reasons, including hostel showers
-the people are really friendly and have such cute accents!
-booze is cheap
that's it for today folks. i'll keep posting quite a bit in the next few weeks to keep you really up to date. i'll post pictures as soon as i can find a usb port (the hard drive on this comptuer is mysteriously not anywhere to be seen).
miss you all already!
xo
2 Comments:
hi guys! michelle you're such a funny writer! i'm glad to hear you had a good welcome week... i'm now going to read through the rest of the blog!
lx
12:13 p.m.
Hi there, I was wondering about those kangaroos, do you think they are to the ozzies what the moose are to me?
People talk about them, but they don't really exist?
11:49 a.m.
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