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After leaving New Norcia, staying the night in Gin Gin, then going back to New Norcia the next day to pick up Lea's bag that she'd left behind, we drove straight to Fremantle to have some big city life for a while.
Set up the camper, then wandered down to the Freo foreshore, and promptly got freaked out by big city life (it was Sunday, and it seemed the entire population of Perth and Freo were at the pub for the "Sunday session"). We turned around, walked back and hid in the camper for the rest of the night - we're not used to crowds anymore.
Spent the week slowly getting used to the trappings of a city, and doing some touristy things. It was freezing cold though, so unfortunately there was no swimming at Perth's beautiful beaches - it got down to 8 degrees one night, b-r-r-r.
By Friday our darling friend Samantha had finished her final-ever exam for naturopathy, so it was time to catch up and party! We packed up the camper, moved in to Sam & Tennille's funky Subiaco apartment, and promptly took over the place. It was fantastic to catch up with them, something we've been looking forward to for the whole trip. It was also very exciting to be housed within four solid walls, and not having to have a key to get into the bathroom, or shower in thongs!
We went out with some of their friends to celebrate Sam finishing her course, had some beautiful home-cooked meals, and went out with Sam, Tennille and Marie to a new venue in Perth called the Quarry Amphitheatre to watch Lior play - magic.
We also took an overnight trip out to Rottnest Island which was great fun, even though our butts protested against the cycling. We got acquainted with the quokkas (no, we didn't swing them, nor did we play soccer), and the millions of flies out there. Again, those fly nets, although extremely daggy, were the best 12 bucks we've ever spent.
After 8 days and one failed attempt to drag ourselves away from our cosy new home in Perth, on Sunday we bid a sad farewell to Sam and Neilly and hit the road south.
L & L
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