Well, what can I say, I had the BEST night on Friday all thanks to my favourite band Maroon 5. I saw them live at the Burswood Dome in Perth and absolutely loved it! For those of you who don't know, James booked us tickets to see them in Paris for my birthday in December way back in May last year but 2 weeks before the show, it was cancelled and I was gutted to say the least. Then Sophie found out they were in Perth when we were and booked us tickets so I have been waiting for 9 months to see them and it was amazing! It was a brilliant show and reinforced my love for Adam Levine, he looked very good indeed :) I managed to sing along to every song as well which I was quite proud of, I guess I did have a while to prepare though!
It's actually been a busy few days and we haven't spent much time in Mandurah really. As I said, Thursday we went to Swan Valley to meet with James' uncle and Auntie and had such a lovely day. We basically drove a route round the Swan river and stopped at lots of different places on the way like some nice wineries, a nougat factory, a brewery, and ice cream factory and for a picnic for lunch! I felt like I was eating and drinking all day! In the evening we stayed with their family and went kangaroo spotting at the golf course and there were so many! Me and James haven't really seen any up close yet so it was really good to see them, they're cute really! I tried my best to sneak up and take a close up photo but as soon as one hops off, they all follow!
Saturday afternoon we went camping in a place called Nanga in Dwellingup, it was only about a 45 minute drive from here but really out in the sticks. It was beautiful there and we camped in between all these tall trees and next to the Murray River which compensated for the long drop toilet and no shower! It got dark pretty early out there so we played lots of card games and yatzee with some rather large moths for company, not a fan of the fluttering species! It was a real fun night though with lots of laughs and just as much alcohol!
Yesterday we found a lovely cidery and winery near to where we camped so went and had a few tasters and a couple of drinks. I was actually quite tipsy after my 2 glasses of sparkling wine and then dropped off to sleep on the way home, that's what drinking in the day does to me!
Today is a first. It is actually tipping it down with rain and thundering outside, it looks like England outside the window!! Apparently when it does rain here it really goes for it so we'll probably have these grey skies all day - looks like we might spend the day watching DVD's!
Well, that's about it for now, we head off one week today on our big drive round to the East so have a few things to prepare, really excited though! Au Revoir for now:)
Sunday, 30 March 2008
Wednesday, 26 March 2008
... One More Thing
Forgot to say... I finally managed to find an internet cafe today which would let let me upload my photos onto facebook so there they are! Enjoy!:)
Tipsy after a fun day in Perth!
Just thought I'd pop on here before I go to bed! I think it's always a waste of alcohol to go to bed still feeling tipsy!!
Well me and James have had a fun day in Perth, well, I think it's fair to say I've had a fun day and James has had a less fun day following me round lots of shops! I managed to find myself a cute hooded top seeing as everyone keeps telling me it will get cold soon and I guess I packed really badly with no form of warm clothing so some might say that I needed this top rather than just buying it because I wanted it (that was my excuse to James anyway!)
Well after dragging James round loads of shops in search of birthday presents and re-visiting the same shops, he'd pretty much had enough of the whole shopping experience so we had a good sushi dinner and went for a drink (or 2). We found such a cool place right on the river called 'The Lucky Shag', wasn't what I imagined actually - quite classy and on the water with a really nice menu and some good beer and wine choices. We only stayed for 2 rounds as our car was parked at the station but we got to listen to some really nice live acoustic music and watch the harbour.
We're off into Swan Valley tomorrow to meet up with James' uncle and aunt. It's just outside Perth and where all the wineries and breweries are so there should be some more tasting to do, it's a hard life!
Anyway, bedtime calls...
Well me and James have had a fun day in Perth, well, I think it's fair to say I've had a fun day and James has had a less fun day following me round lots of shops! I managed to find myself a cute hooded top seeing as everyone keeps telling me it will get cold soon and I guess I packed really badly with no form of warm clothing so some might say that I needed this top rather than just buying it because I wanted it (that was my excuse to James anyway!)
Well after dragging James round loads of shops in search of birthday presents and re-visiting the same shops, he'd pretty much had enough of the whole shopping experience so we had a good sushi dinner and went for a drink (or 2). We found such a cool place right on the river called 'The Lucky Shag', wasn't what I imagined actually - quite classy and on the water with a really nice menu and some good beer and wine choices. We only stayed for 2 rounds as our car was parked at the station but we got to listen to some really nice live acoustic music and watch the harbour.
We're off into Swan Valley tomorrow to meet up with James' uncle and aunt. It's just outside Perth and where all the wineries and breweries are so there should be some more tasting to do, it's a hard life!
Anyway, bedtime calls...
Tuesday, 25 March 2008
From Up-North to Down-South
Thanks for sticking with me, I know it's been over a week again but I do have an excuse for not blogging, no internet again plus having a bit too much fun!
Our down south trip was like a holiday within our trip. We've been away for 8 days with Sophie and Cale and have been staying in some really nice accommodation (probably the nicest we'll see while we're here!) and sampling some really yummy food and wine.
Last Sunday we headed down to Yallingup which is about 3 hours South of Perth and a hot surfing place, we had 2 nights there to basically enjoy the sun, sea and surf. James couldn't wait to get in but didn't stay too long as the waves were on the larger side, I stayed in the shallow waters too otherwise thought we all might get swept away! The beach was gorgeous though and it was nice to just sit there and watch people surfing, fishing and generally getting beaten up by the waves!
Tuesday we had a long drive further down to Denmark (not the country - bad joke!!) which took up most of the day. On the way we stopped at Berry Farm Winery in Margaret River which was so cute right in the middle of all these trees and had a scrumptious lunch and some wine tasting which is what that region is all about - gourmet food and superior wines. The place we were staying at in Denmark was so different to everywhere else, a small rural log cabin in the middle of a forest so it was only natural that the boys got down to cutting up wood as soon as we got there to make a fire. We had a really fun evening making dinner, playing charades and drinking way too much wine!
Wednesday we did the famous 'Tree Top Walk' in 'The Valley of the Giants' which is basically a big area of 50 metre tall Karri trees in a national park. There is a bridge which is built through the forest at about 40 metres above ground level which moves quite a lot as you walk on it, not for the faint hearted or those afraid of heights! James loved it of course (being a tree surgeon)but said he would have felt safer in the trees rather than on the bridge! From there we stopped at Greene's Pool, an amazing little bay where the water is so clear and nothing but white sand and then onto a toffee factory for a well deserved (we thought) ice-cream!
That night we stayed in a caravan park in Albany which was only about half an hour from Denmark. We grabbed dinner at a cosy restaurant called 'Nonnas' and then just watched a DVD at home which by the way was really rubbish - 'The Eye' with Jessica Alba, don't bother!
Albany was quite a nice town, had a few historic buildings and some nice streets to walk along but I felt like we'd seen it all pretty quick so the next day was another long drive back up to Busselton where we were staying for the last 4 nights of our trip. On the way back up we passed through a town called Manjimup which our Lonely Planet guide said was worth a trip to see 'One Tree Bridge'. Considering James is a fan of trees we thought we'd find this amazing bridge and after driving for a while, came across a small sign for it. After getting out of the car and walking through some trees, there it was - an old broken bridge which was probably about 10 metres long just randomly placed in the forest, not the most impressive sight I've seen while I've been here I must say, so for anyone wondering about seeing it, I'd say its not worth the detour! However, the sign in front is quite a laugh 'bridge no longer in use', who would have thought that when its fenced up in the middle of a forest placed on the ground with both ends broken?
Anyway, Busselton is where we really indulged and where I felt like I was definately on holiday. Our apartment was lovely, really modern and literally a minutes walk from the beach. We all had a game of Supa Golf on Friday which is where you play with big plastic clubs, it was such a laugh and I was quite impressed with myself not to come last, would definately recommend that game to anyone! We visited the Margaret River Chocolate Factory afterwards which wasn't exactly Cadbury World but the chocolate was really good, I couldn't help going back for a fourth time to the free tasters! After too much chocolate and in the wrong order, we went for lunch at a beautiful winery called Providence, you couldn't really ask for much more; sun, shade, lovely wine, tasty lunch AND stunning views over the vineyards and to top it all off, a trip to the beach afterwards for a dip.
Saturday we went to Sophie's favourite restaurant 'The Goose' which sits at the end of the famous Busselton jetty which is 2km long. We walked to the end and back which took just over an hour and worked up a bit of an appetite for our tasty tapas lunch. Me and James squeezed in a bit of snorkelling too and managed to spot a stingray and lots of puffer fish. With even more energy to burn off we played tennis at the resort, don't think I've played since I was 11 but it was really fun!
Sunday was probably the most fun we all had when we went on the all day Bushtucker Winery Tour. We got picked up by this funky bus at 10am and slowly collected another 16 people (all about our age) and headed off to the wineries. Our tour guide Brian was so funny and definately had us all in giggles, especially when he picked on James to eat a 'witchetty-grub' at lunch which is like a giant crunchy maggot, gross. I tried kangaroo for the first time too and thought it was actually really nice! Over the day we visited 4 wineries, 1 brewery, the chocolate factory and the cheese factory and managed to taste about 40 wines! Let's just say we were all pretty merry by the time we got dropped off at 6pm and fell asleep by 10pm with thumping headaches.
Yesterday was just the drive home and a chilled out day all in all. Today we've been to Fremantle again (we went there a few weeks ago) but this time to visit the old prison. This might sound boring but it was really interesting, we went on a tour and the guide told us loads of things about the prisoners and their routines etc and we finished off by visiting the execution chamber which was a bit creepy, what was really weird is that the prison only shut down in 1991 so it's really recent history. We just grabbed a pizza after that and a drink in a really cool place called 'Little Creatures Brewery'.
Well that's my update so far, I'm around in Mandurah for 2 weeks now so will be able to blog more often! For those of you who are wondering about my photos on facebook, well its impossible to upload them anywhere, I'm trying to find an internet which will let me but its so frustrating when it doesn't work!!! Don't worry though, I've got plenty of photos so when I do manage to get them online, you'll all have lots to look at!
Bye for now!!!
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Our down south trip was like a holiday within our trip. We've been away for 8 days with Sophie and Cale and have been staying in some really nice accommodation (probably the nicest we'll see while we're here!) and sampling some really yummy food and wine.
Last Sunday we headed down to Yallingup which is about 3 hours South of Perth and a hot surfing place, we had 2 nights there to basically enjoy the sun, sea and surf. James couldn't wait to get in but didn't stay too long as the waves were on the larger side, I stayed in the shallow waters too otherwise thought we all might get swept away! The beach was gorgeous though and it was nice to just sit there and watch people surfing, fishing and generally getting beaten up by the waves!
Tuesday we had a long drive further down to Denmark (not the country - bad joke!!) which took up most of the day. On the way we stopped at Berry Farm Winery in Margaret River which was so cute right in the middle of all these trees and had a scrumptious lunch and some wine tasting which is what that region is all about - gourmet food and superior wines. The place we were staying at in Denmark was so different to everywhere else, a small rural log cabin in the middle of a forest so it was only natural that the boys got down to cutting up wood as soon as we got there to make a fire. We had a really fun evening making dinner, playing charades and drinking way too much wine!
Wednesday we did the famous 'Tree Top Walk' in 'The Valley of the Giants' which is basically a big area of 50 metre tall Karri trees in a national park. There is a bridge which is built through the forest at about 40 metres above ground level which moves quite a lot as you walk on it, not for the faint hearted or those afraid of heights! James loved it of course (being a tree surgeon)but said he would have felt safer in the trees rather than on the bridge! From there we stopped at Greene's Pool, an amazing little bay where the water is so clear and nothing but white sand and then onto a toffee factory for a well deserved (we thought) ice-cream!
That night we stayed in a caravan park in Albany which was only about half an hour from Denmark. We grabbed dinner at a cosy restaurant called 'Nonnas' and then just watched a DVD at home which by the way was really rubbish - 'The Eye' with Jessica Alba, don't bother!
Albany was quite a nice town, had a few historic buildings and some nice streets to walk along but I felt like we'd seen it all pretty quick so the next day was another long drive back up to Busselton where we were staying for the last 4 nights of our trip. On the way back up we passed through a town called Manjimup which our Lonely Planet guide said was worth a trip to see 'One Tree Bridge'. Considering James is a fan of trees we thought we'd find this amazing bridge and after driving for a while, came across a small sign for it. After getting out of the car and walking through some trees, there it was - an old broken bridge which was probably about 10 metres long just randomly placed in the forest, not the most impressive sight I've seen while I've been here I must say, so for anyone wondering about seeing it, I'd say its not worth the detour! However, the sign in front is quite a laugh 'bridge no longer in use', who would have thought that when its fenced up in the middle of a forest placed on the ground with both ends broken?
Anyway, Busselton is where we really indulged and where I felt like I was definately on holiday. Our apartment was lovely, really modern and literally a minutes walk from the beach. We all had a game of Supa Golf on Friday which is where you play with big plastic clubs, it was such a laugh and I was quite impressed with myself not to come last, would definately recommend that game to anyone! We visited the Margaret River Chocolate Factory afterwards which wasn't exactly Cadbury World but the chocolate was really good, I couldn't help going back for a fourth time to the free tasters! After too much chocolate and in the wrong order, we went for lunch at a beautiful winery called Providence, you couldn't really ask for much more; sun, shade, lovely wine, tasty lunch AND stunning views over the vineyards and to top it all off, a trip to the beach afterwards for a dip.
Saturday we went to Sophie's favourite restaurant 'The Goose' which sits at the end of the famous Busselton jetty which is 2km long. We walked to the end and back which took just over an hour and worked up a bit of an appetite for our tasty tapas lunch. Me and James squeezed in a bit of snorkelling too and managed to spot a stingray and lots of puffer fish. With even more energy to burn off we played tennis at the resort, don't think I've played since I was 11 but it was really fun!
Sunday was probably the most fun we all had when we went on the all day Bushtucker Winery Tour. We got picked up by this funky bus at 10am and slowly collected another 16 people (all about our age) and headed off to the wineries. Our tour guide Brian was so funny and definately had us all in giggles, especially when he picked on James to eat a 'witchetty-grub' at lunch which is like a giant crunchy maggot, gross. I tried kangaroo for the first time too and thought it was actually really nice! Over the day we visited 4 wineries, 1 brewery, the chocolate factory and the cheese factory and managed to taste about 40 wines! Let's just say we were all pretty merry by the time we got dropped off at 6pm and fell asleep by 10pm with thumping headaches.
Yesterday was just the drive home and a chilled out day all in all. Today we've been to Fremantle again (we went there a few weeks ago) but this time to visit the old prison. This might sound boring but it was really interesting, we went on a tour and the guide told us loads of things about the prisoners and their routines etc and we finished off by visiting the execution chamber which was a bit creepy, what was really weird is that the prison only shut down in 1991 so it's really recent history. We just grabbed a pizza after that and a drink in a really cool place called 'Little Creatures Brewery'.
Well that's my update so far, I'm around in Mandurah for 2 weeks now so will be able to blog more often! For those of you who are wondering about my photos on facebook, well its impossible to upload them anywhere, I'm trying to find an internet which will let me but its so frustrating when it doesn't work!!! Don't worry though, I've got plenty of photos so when I do manage to get them online, you'll all have lots to look at!
Bye for now!!!
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Saturday, 15 March 2008
So Much to Write...
Well what can I say, my apologies for abandoning this blog for ages but its been a busy couple of weeks with no internet access most of the time...
Most importantly, we have a car! A Mitsubishi Pajero 4 x 4 and its great, we picked it up last wednesday (5th March) and it's been our home ever since virtually! Me and James have just got back from an up north trip so if I say anything stupid it's because its 11pm, we've been driving all day and I'm way overtired that I'm stupidly awake (if that makes sense!)
Well last Sunday we drove up North for about 7 hours and just stayed in this random little caravan park in the middle of the bush on the way up to Coral Bay - it was fly hell, complete overload and I went to sleep with buzzing in my ear, not a nice feeling! Anyway, we set off early Monday morning and got to Coral Bay at about 3ish, it was beautiful there, it's basically a tiny beach resort with stunning coastlines and good snorkelling. The rest of that day was just spent lazing on the beach and chilling out at the campsite. We went on a really cool boat and snorkelling trip round the Ningaloo Reef on Tuesday, 2 hours out at sea stopping at 2 different snorkel points, there were only 6 of us so we had a real good time. I spotted a turtle while I was snorkelling and managed to follow it for the whole of about 10 seconds (they're fast swimmers) and we also saw a lionfish and lots of pretty reef fish. After the trip James wanted to test drive the car on a 4 x 4 track so we found this little dirt road and followed it to find a completely secluded beach called turtle bay. To imagine this beach is to think back to when you're sat in the office and imagining yourself in some far away island on a beautiful beach with clear blue water, that's exactly what it looked like - the perfect getaway!!
Wednesday we drove down to Denham in the Shark Bay area stopping at various points on the way as suggested by our Lonely Planet guide. The stops were mainly beaches, cliff faces and good panoramic views of the area but this took a while so we ended up getting to the caravan park late afternoon. All we had time for then before the sun went down was a bit of fishing before making a yummy dinner on the BBQ and chatting (and drinking) the evening away with some Dutch people we met, really fun night! We got up mega early Thursday to drive to Monkey Mia to see the morning dolphins; at 7:30am every day a group of them swim to this particular beach and have done for the past 20 years to greet all the tourists awaiting them. It was lovely to see them and they come real close to you. Although it was amazing to see them like that, I have to admit it would be far more satisfying to spot some whilst out snorkelling or diving as it's unexpected then, at Monkey Mia it happens every day so you know it's not a suprise but I'm so glad we went. From there we drove to Francis Peron National Park which is 4 x 4 access only and I think we saw 2 other cars the whole day! It was a bumpy ride round the area and James was seriously enjoying practising his extreme driving skills! There were some really interesting cliff formations there and we walked along the most Westerly part of Australia and managed to spot a Manta Ray and 2 dolphins in the water which was definately the highlight. We spent the rest of the day at a little beach there making lunch. James managed to catch a few fish which we had for dinner that night - although I didn't quite like the process of seeing the fish alive, to being cooked I have to admit it was actually really tasty!
Yesterday was quite a boring day really as we had a long drive to a town called Geraldton. We stopped at a nice little beach town called Kalbarri but it was almost impossible to find somewhere serving lunch at 2:30, it was like a dead town. In Geraldton we went out for dinner for the first time on our little tour, I had a lovely Moroccan lamb dinner then we watched a band called Blaze in this funky bar. I thought they were actually really good and although they didn't do any of their own music, it was all really good covers!
Today has been another day of driving (I managed 4 hours straight!)with the odd little break here and there for fishing and surfing but I am about to fall asleep on the keyboard so am going to have to love you and leave you!
We're off again tomorrow on a down South tour with Sophie and Cale this time and won't be back until Monday 25th March so until then, ciao for now...
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Most importantly, we have a car! A Mitsubishi Pajero 4 x 4 and its great, we picked it up last wednesday (5th March) and it's been our home ever since virtually! Me and James have just got back from an up north trip so if I say anything stupid it's because its 11pm, we've been driving all day and I'm way overtired that I'm stupidly awake (if that makes sense!)
Well last Sunday we drove up North for about 7 hours and just stayed in this random little caravan park in the middle of the bush on the way up to Coral Bay - it was fly hell, complete overload and I went to sleep with buzzing in my ear, not a nice feeling! Anyway, we set off early Monday morning and got to Coral Bay at about 3ish, it was beautiful there, it's basically a tiny beach resort with stunning coastlines and good snorkelling. The rest of that day was just spent lazing on the beach and chilling out at the campsite. We went on a really cool boat and snorkelling trip round the Ningaloo Reef on Tuesday, 2 hours out at sea stopping at 2 different snorkel points, there were only 6 of us so we had a real good time. I spotted a turtle while I was snorkelling and managed to follow it for the whole of about 10 seconds (they're fast swimmers) and we also saw a lionfish and lots of pretty reef fish. After the trip James wanted to test drive the car on a 4 x 4 track so we found this little dirt road and followed it to find a completely secluded beach called turtle bay. To imagine this beach is to think back to when you're sat in the office and imagining yourself in some far away island on a beautiful beach with clear blue water, that's exactly what it looked like - the perfect getaway!!
Wednesday we drove down to Denham in the Shark Bay area stopping at various points on the way as suggested by our Lonely Planet guide. The stops were mainly beaches, cliff faces and good panoramic views of the area but this took a while so we ended up getting to the caravan park late afternoon. All we had time for then before the sun went down was a bit of fishing before making a yummy dinner on the BBQ and chatting (and drinking) the evening away with some Dutch people we met, really fun night! We got up mega early Thursday to drive to Monkey Mia to see the morning dolphins; at 7:30am every day a group of them swim to this particular beach and have done for the past 20 years to greet all the tourists awaiting them. It was lovely to see them and they come real close to you. Although it was amazing to see them like that, I have to admit it would be far more satisfying to spot some whilst out snorkelling or diving as it's unexpected then, at Monkey Mia it happens every day so you know it's not a suprise but I'm so glad we went. From there we drove to Francis Peron National Park which is 4 x 4 access only and I think we saw 2 other cars the whole day! It was a bumpy ride round the area and James was seriously enjoying practising his extreme driving skills! There were some really interesting cliff formations there and we walked along the most Westerly part of Australia and managed to spot a Manta Ray and 2 dolphins in the water which was definately the highlight. We spent the rest of the day at a little beach there making lunch. James managed to catch a few fish which we had for dinner that night - although I didn't quite like the process of seeing the fish alive, to being cooked I have to admit it was actually really tasty!
Yesterday was quite a boring day really as we had a long drive to a town called Geraldton. We stopped at a nice little beach town called Kalbarri but it was almost impossible to find somewhere serving lunch at 2:30, it was like a dead town. In Geraldton we went out for dinner for the first time on our little tour, I had a lovely Moroccan lamb dinner then we watched a band called Blaze in this funky bar. I thought they were actually really good and although they didn't do any of their own music, it was all really good covers!
Today has been another day of driving (I managed 4 hours straight!)with the odd little break here and there for fishing and surfing but I am about to fall asleep on the keyboard so am going to have to love you and leave you!
We're off again tomorrow on a down South tour with Sophie and Cale this time and won't be back until Monday 25th March so until then, ciao for now...
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Monday, 3 March 2008
1 Month into our Trip
1 month ago today, we left England to start our travels which is really weird, it kind of feels like we've done so much but then also that we haven't been gone long.
Anyway, the last few days have been eventful, we've been out everyday... Shopping on Thursday night was fun, didn't buy anything and thought we'd go and get some dinner in Mandurah town centre afterwards - didn't quite go to plan... Officially by 9:30pm on a Thursday night, every restaurant had finished serving, even the pizza takeout had called it a night so we ended up eating some chinese noodles outside with our only company being some cockroaches, not quite the initial idea but a funny night!
Friday we spent the day in Hillary's Marina which is just past Perth, did the whole lunch thing then spent a few hours in AQWA, the aquarium there, one of the better ones I've been to actually. I must admit though, I'm slightly fretful about meeting an Ozzie jellyfish in the sea now as apparently they're not very friendly at all!
The Stag (Buck in Ozzie language) and Hen's parties were a real good laugh. I can't say much about what the boys got up to except that it involved lots of beer and a stripper but the girls definately had a good day! After doing facials, massaging our feet and playing some fun games we all got ready and went out for dinner and then onto a bar where we had the whole room to ourselves AND a free bar for 2 hours... the rest is a bit of a blur involving karaoke and a stripper, all in all, a very fun evening and probably the most drunk I've been since we left England!
As you can imagine, none of us were in any rush to get out of bed on Sunday but after a well deserved lie in we went out on a boat for the day with Sophie's family. I did fret about not taking any travel sickness pills but it was all fine, on the way to lunch the sea was flat and it was a nice and calm boat trip, however, on the way back we had some huge waves which was definately an experience - holding on for dear life while the boat crashes over each new wave, really funny but left us all with a sore bum!!!
Yesterday was a public holiday here so we all went to a town called Fremantle which was lovely. The day was filled up with eating and drinking really but on a hot day still recovering from a busy weekend, that was a good plan!
Not much else to report on for now; me and James are heading to a small town called Rockingham today to look for a surfboard but no plans for this evening. It looks like we're picking the 4x4 car up tomorrow which is exciting news. Well checking emails awaits me so cheerio for now...
Anyway, the last few days have been eventful, we've been out everyday... Shopping on Thursday night was fun, didn't buy anything and thought we'd go and get some dinner in Mandurah town centre afterwards - didn't quite go to plan... Officially by 9:30pm on a Thursday night, every restaurant had finished serving, even the pizza takeout had called it a night so we ended up eating some chinese noodles outside with our only company being some cockroaches, not quite the initial idea but a funny night!
Friday we spent the day in Hillary's Marina which is just past Perth, did the whole lunch thing then spent a few hours in AQWA, the aquarium there, one of the better ones I've been to actually. I must admit though, I'm slightly fretful about meeting an Ozzie jellyfish in the sea now as apparently they're not very friendly at all!
The Stag (Buck in Ozzie language) and Hen's parties were a real good laugh. I can't say much about what the boys got up to except that it involved lots of beer and a stripper but the girls definately had a good day! After doing facials, massaging our feet and playing some fun games we all got ready and went out for dinner and then onto a bar where we had the whole room to ourselves AND a free bar for 2 hours... the rest is a bit of a blur involving karaoke and a stripper, all in all, a very fun evening and probably the most drunk I've been since we left England!
As you can imagine, none of us were in any rush to get out of bed on Sunday but after a well deserved lie in we went out on a boat for the day with Sophie's family. I did fret about not taking any travel sickness pills but it was all fine, on the way to lunch the sea was flat and it was a nice and calm boat trip, however, on the way back we had some huge waves which was definately an experience - holding on for dear life while the boat crashes over each new wave, really funny but left us all with a sore bum!!!
Yesterday was a public holiday here so we all went to a town called Fremantle which was lovely. The day was filled up with eating and drinking really but on a hot day still recovering from a busy weekend, that was a good plan!
Not much else to report on for now; me and James are heading to a small town called Rockingham today to look for a surfboard but no plans for this evening. It looks like we're picking the 4x4 car up tomorrow which is exciting news. Well checking emails awaits me so cheerio for now...
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