Hello from the glittering urban south bank of the Swan River... It is Monday evening, and Paul and I are preparing for our trip tomorrow to the opposite end of the continent... reflecting on the amazing time we've had here in Western Australia and the new friends we've made during our short visit! The past few days have been a bit of a blur: lots of running around, trying to take it all in, before stuffing our belongings back into the rucksack and boarding yet another flight...
Thanks to our amazing friend Mike in Brighton, who is originally from W.A., we've met some fantastic people here in Perth: on Thursday, our new pal Andrew drove us down to Freemantle, a trendy suburb just south of town, for curry and gelato; Saturday included alfresco dining and a bumping fashionista house party, followed by a drunken tour of Northbridge after dark, with the gorgeous Andy; Sunday night we moved into the fabulous home of our lovely host Brett (complete with a lap pool and stunning views of the city skyline) and enjoyed a 'welcome to Perth' barbeque with several of the coolest guys in the state... These Aussies certainly know how to do hospitality!!! Hopefully, we'll be able to reciprocate one day once we are back on our home turf...
Everything here in Perth has been wonderful: a few days of sunshine (finally!), great food, and such nice people... Only wish we had more time to explore! More soon from Turtle Cove in far north Queensland: I can't wait! x Jason
ps: I almost forgot to mention: we asked at the tourist info if there was anywhere we could go to see some wild kangaroos and the lady looked at us like we asked if they had running water... she told us to check out a golf course just outside of town where we should see some, so I figured one or two... not a pack of about 30!!! It was so cool: we were able to get really close to them before they would hop away... They really do look like HUGE rabbits!
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