Perth

We set of early for Perth, opting to use public transport instead of having to park somewhere all day in the city. Lucky for us the bus stop was right outside the campsite.

On arriving in the centre of Perth the first two buildings we notice were that of Urbis and EY (old employers in Melbourne). In typical James and Katrina fashion we jumped on the tourist bus (the Cat) went 6 stops to the tourist info centre only to discover it would have only taken 2 mins to walk it from where we started and all the things we wanted to see was back that way too!!!!!

Our first port of call was the bell tower, The bells in the tower are actually The St Martin-in-the-Fields Bells which were gifted to the people of WA to commemorate Australia's bicentenary in 1988. The bells were saved from being melted down to form new ones, as they had become too heavy for the ancient foundations of the church in Trafalgar Square, London. After this a specially built tower in Perth was designed to bring them to life for all West Australians. We didn’t go up as it was very expensive and we have become tight ass’

When walking around town we came across some guys we are expecting to see in real life soon, these are red kangaroos which are massive compared to those we have seen already.

We visited St Georges cathedral and inside they were preparing for an annual wild flower show, they allowed us to take a seek peek at some of the displays. Now I’m not a flower loving kinda guy. But even I had to admit that some of these displays were….what for it……… Pretty!!  oops  hmm, I meant to say “well put together” (that’s better, sounds more manly).

 

Perth has a London lane , which had a British Lolly shop and we couldn’t resist having a sticky beak and seeing all our favourite sweets. There were quite a few laneways around the city and whilst walking around we took in the sights and sounds (While trying to steer Katrina away from all the top end shops). Towards the end of the day we found ourselves in the botanical gardens and decide to take a bush tour to see some of the wild flowers. I can safely say “with hand on heart” me and Katrina were the youngest people on this tour. The rest of the group were made up of pensioners including the tour guides, so as we made our way around the bush at a snails pace, stopping at nearly ever bloody flower we came across. It felt like time had stood still; I could literately see the flowers growing in front of my eyes and myself aging. That's how slow we were going!.  By the end of it I felt like a zombie and could of  easily been mistaken for OAP and loaded on to the bus with the rest of them!. Mind you, at least I would of got a free ride home, a hot meal and a sponge bath!.

 

 

We had a great day out in Perth and looking forward to meeting up with some friends and family before heading off to Geraldton. So until next time……. take care.