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We arrived in Perth on an as usual scorcher of a day. As we walked around the Airport terminal and headed for the doors Jack said "oh its not as hot as i'd thought it'd be". What he didnt realise was we were in an air coned room. The second the automatic doors slid apart the heat hit us in the face. It must of been high thirties if not fourties, and we both thought how can we stand this heat for two months!
Dave and Jane, friends of Jacks dads, kindly picked us up from the airport and took us into town to find accomadation in one of the many hostels. What we hadn't encounted on however was that Australia day was in a couple of days and all the hostels were fully booked. After driving from hostel to hostel we eventually found some beds for the night, said thanks to dave and his family, and adjusted to life in Oz.
The first and most important thing was to watch some much needed decent television. After months travelling through asia and thinking we were lucky if there was an english speakign channel, the delights of sky and a dvd player took there toll. For the first couple of days all we really did was stay in and watch classic ozzie movies such as Wolf Creek, to prepare us for the outback!
Eventually we decided that we should go and explore the city, so we hoped on the free city centre bus service and ended up at a nice park. Here we had a much deserved ice cream before climbing loads of steps up to a city viewpoint. I thought it would be a good idea to race myself up and down these steps and time myself, but after doing it once it nearly killed me.
Before we knew it Australia day had arrived, so we prised ourselves away from the tv and headed out to see the nightlife. We followed everyone to a central park and witnessed amazing fireworks going off all over the city. Millions of dollars must have been spent on them. Pretty much everyone took Austalia day seriously with huge flags and chanting Auzzie,Auzzie,Auzzie - OI OI OI. It made me jelous that we didnt celebrate St Georges day in a similar way. We had a few beers in the park then went to a couple of bars. The first bar we went to i got stopped going in and the bouncer said sorry mate, you cant wear thongs. I just gave him a blank look thinking what kind of guy do you think i am. I then realised that Thongs in Australia are actually Flip Flops. The next bar we went to we got in, but had one beer at the disgusting price of $8 or 4 pounds for a bottle, and decided we'd buy our own beers in from now on.
The next day we jumped on the train and went to believe it or not - Scarborough Beach. It didnt really have any similarities to the one we all know and love because the sand was white and the sea was blue, with hug rollers coming in. WE stayed most of the time here on the beach with the occasional dip in the sea, riding in the big waves. Scarborough beach was lovely, the only problem was the hostel we were in was not. Every hostel has a weirdo, that you politely chat to then get away from as quick as possible. This place was full of them. The guy we were sharing a room with seemed nice enough until he commented on the heat in the room, picked up the fan and pointed it at his bed only. Me and Jack were speachless.
We only spent two or three days at Scarborough beach before catching another train to the seaside fishing town of Freemantle. This was a peacful little place with nice shops etc but not a great deal to do, so we spent the majority of the time playing table tennis and browsing in shop windows. The next day we caught our plane to Ayers Rock.
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