Perth from nr. the bottom of the park
After a couple of days adjusting to Perth we realised it actually ain't that bad. Explored the Kings Park (which is on a hill) for some amazing views of the city and went for a big mooch around the rich suburbs and the CBD, past all the plush houses and bars. Looking at the houses around there, its not a surprise all the backpacker hostels are located in this end of town! The park was one of the best we've been in, although it was wierd seeing a load of people our age all dressed up to the max... having a graduation party/prom in the park! Can't blame them to be honest.
Kings Park. A rip off of a similar pic taken on a beach on Ko Samui.
In the morning we had a short walk around the town, but only cos we were searching for somewhere to hire a car from. Eventually gave up and rang around, finding a company who'd rent to under-21s pretty easily. Set off at 11am on what was to be a 300-mile round trip.
First stop was a tree top walk near a town called Walpole (along the coast to the west). A lot of tourist attractions in the area seemed to involve trees in one way or another, but that ain't a bad thing. The tree top walk was pretty cool, but not anywhere near as epic as the Gloucester tree, roughly 150km further past Walpole. This is a 60m high tree (may not sound high but believe me it bloody is... higher than our bungy jump!) which you climb up via a near-vertical ladder of metal spokes which spiral up around the tree. And theres nowt to stop you falling to a very nasty death. And someone made the terrible call of climbing up bare-foot in case our sandals or flip-flops (called thongs over here) slipped or fell off. Half way up we realised this was a serious mistake... along with the terror of risking your life climbing up and down, we were wrecking our feet on metal spokes. Nevertheless, at the top it was quality, the view was spectacular for miles around, and it was quite fun to look down and see how high you actually are... until you realise you still have to climb down. Glad we did it though, certainly something to remember.
Tree Top Walk
The Descent - scary
On the way back we made a de-tour to some beaches, managing to spot a family of wild kangaroos bouncing along the road ahead of us, an eagle and a probably-deadly snake, which we only just prevented Ryan from stroking. All the scenery in the Albany area was stunning, so it was definitely worth the visit. Caught the bus back to Perth today, where we're gonna chill tonight before flying to Melbourne tomorrow.
Take care everyone. Peter.
Australia's tastiest cheese
9 comments:
Hope you're not going to try the Milford Trail in thongs. Nice photos, look like smart places. What's the Aussie itinerary, or are you making it up as you go along?
We're in Melbourne now so we're either going to... 1. rent a car in sydney and drive to brisbane & back or 2. fly to brisbane & make our way down to sydney from there
one word. leopard. another word. coon. one final word( or two). absolute find.
Do not seem to be able to contact you by e-mail. Hope your stay at Chris and Mikes has gone well. Will try both your e-mail and Chris's again. Did you manage to watch the rugby? Any chance of seeing some Aussie Rules?
From Jonathon
Oi, you guys didn't tell me bout the lady backing into mums car on the great ocean road. the scratch is huge!!! it's like 7cm long 2 cm wide and all the paints peeled off. The lady rang today and said can i pleese speak to Chris Egan, so i say she not home at the moment can you ring back later? the womans yells at me saying What!?!?!? i talked to 3 poms. Then i said ur in Sydney and soon to be in NZ and she fliped (big time). Then mum came home and everything was sorted out.
Whens your next post gonna be???
P.S. Toms family if your reading this ... the egans say Hi.
now fella's. The trip looks awesome. Wish i had come now. Like the COON.thats a nice touch. and who made the call of the bare foot tree climbing, silly boy!anywya lads keep the posts comin an enjoy yourselves. Beast you must be shrivelling up wit the sun!haha.
See ya lads
Grandad
Alrite boys, still very jealous, looks like your having an amazing time, Your jetting all over the world whilst we're stuck back here in the wet cold boring teesside! twats
Big one saturday lads Newcastle VS Boro, Afraid the bookies have stopped taking bets because everyone knows we're gonna hammer you!! I mean the best strike partnership in the premiership VS the crapest defence in the premiership - 3-1 to the boro
As for Leeds Tom oh dear Well never mind least you might get to play Hartlepool next season!
Chow
cheers lads, we were quite proud of that find until we realised that coon cheese is everywhere! Gonna try n catch the newcastle boro match at two in the mornin if its on over here. Obafemis gonna batter yous all over, but you'll probs win cos Roeders team selection is shite (ie. he loves titus and keeps dropping milner). We wanna update this blog soon but its bears turn and he's currently KO's after last night (he got up on the bar to dance with a lass... and fell off!).
Inabit
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