Merry Belated Christmas, Happy Boxing Day, and Boy is Perth a Small World After All
Hope y'all had a good Christmas. Even though I was disappointed about not getting to go home to Springfield for Xmas this year, it's probably just as well. They're supposed to get like 12 inches of snow and when I chatted to my parents and my mum's side of the family last night, they were just going to drop the pressies off at the other side of the family's shindig and get the hell home before the storm totally set in, so I wouldn't have really seen like half my family on xmas. And my poor dad had a stomach flu right before xmas, which I surely would have caught. Plus, friends have told me that the weather in Sydney's been crapola since I left, so I am ever so happy with my decision to come to Perth.
The weather in Perth rocks. It's very hot, but better than the weird warm/cold/warm/cold weather in Syd lately. I've been taking it easy to far. I arrived her on Christmas Eve evening and met up with my friend Josh at the Globe. He text messaged me to ask if I was there yet and I messaged him to say I was in the back. 2 secs later I feel a tap on my shoulder. I turn around and it's Drew from Karnivool, whom I met over a year ago in Tasmania at the National Campus Band Competition. And if that wasn't enough to prove that Perth isn't that big, it turns out I had already reviewed two of the three bands performing that night, at past National Campus Band Comp finals, El Horizonte, and Heavy Weight Champ. Do-do-do-do. It's a small world after all, it's a small world after all, it's a small small world! :-) So I hung out with Josh for a while, the went home to my hostel which is very conveniently located in the city.
Yesterday, on Christmas Day, I went to the beach. I went to Cottesloe, which is absolutely beautiful. It reminded me a tiny bit of Sitges, outside Barcelona. It was much smaller, but very cute. The water was gorgeous and I was happy to be swimming in the Indian Ocean for the first time. Despite my re-application of sunscreen THREE times, (before I got to the beach, once I got to the beach, and then right after I got out of the water,) I stil got a minor sunburn. Nothing major, but I've got some colour now on my albino white boobage area. Either the sun is so strong, it just laughed at my 3x application of SPF 30, or my albino white boobs which have hardly ever seen the light of day in 25 years just couldn't take it. So, it's not a big deal, but I was annoyed cause I was so sure that area was safe. I'm happy to report that my back is still white as ever even though I had to apply the sunscreen to my back all by myself and the whole area is exposed to the sun. Go contortionist Lori!
So I stayed yesterday at the beach until the sun set and I photographed that - I had slight flashbacks to the time I thought I was going to die after photographing the sunset at East Point, outside Darwin (Northern Territory) and was trying to find my way back in pitch blackness. Lucky I knew my way back to Cottesloe train station!
Today I took it easy and just did the Swan River Cruise thing, which was nice and relaxing. I tried and tried to book a tour for today, but nobody was open yesterday to take bookings - just as well, I've been so tired, the cruise was just what I needed. I took pics of the awesome townhouses I would like to live in if I ever moved to Perth. ;-) Or maybe they could be my parents' retirement home. They keep talking about retiring in Oz and Perth is safely far enough away from Sydney....just kidding, guys :-)
Tomorrow I'm doing a 'Pinnacles at Sunset' tour. They pick you up at noon, and you stop and see/do a bunch of cool stuff before arriving in the desert at sunset to see the Pinnacles (these alienish looking rock formations in the middle of the desert). Then we dine on freshly caught fish (yum) and camp out overnight in sleeping bags under the stars. I've never camped out before EVER so I'm looking forward to it! In the morning, we go swimming at a beach and then we go sandsurfing and catch breakfast before heading back to Perth by noon on Sat. Saturday arvo I plan to go to Freemantle and Subiaco. Sunday I'm going to do a Southwest tour including Margaret River and Mandurah. Then on Monday, my last (sob) day here, I'm doing an Eco-boat tour of Rottnest Island , which includes fishing, snorkeling, seeing those cute little quokkas, and hopefully (fingers crossed!) , seeing some dolphins! Please, Flipper, come to Lori! :-)
p.s. Thanks to my work Secret Santa, I've read the most hilarious book in ages - Stupid White Men by Michael Moore. EVERYONE should read this! It is so fricking funny and it almost makes me want to hop on the next plane back to the U.S.A. to try to save America from itself .(My parents will like hearing this!) It is funny and inspirational and surprising and jaw-dropping. LOVE IT! Amazing job, once again, Mr. Moore!
Hope y'all had a good Christmas. Even though I was disappointed about not getting to go home to Springfield for Xmas this year, it's probably just as well. They're supposed to get like 12 inches of snow and when I chatted to my parents and my mum's side of the family last night, they were just going to drop the pressies off at the other side of the family's shindig and get the hell home before the storm totally set in, so I wouldn't have really seen like half my family on xmas. And my poor dad had a stomach flu right before xmas, which I surely would have caught. Plus, friends have told me that the weather in Sydney's been crapola since I left, so I am ever so happy with my decision to come to Perth.
The weather in Perth rocks. It's very hot, but better than the weird warm/cold/warm/cold weather in Syd lately. I've been taking it easy to far. I arrived her on Christmas Eve evening and met up with my friend Josh at the Globe. He text messaged me to ask if I was there yet and I messaged him to say I was in the back. 2 secs later I feel a tap on my shoulder. I turn around and it's Drew from Karnivool, whom I met over a year ago in Tasmania at the National Campus Band Competition. And if that wasn't enough to prove that Perth isn't that big, it turns out I had already reviewed two of the three bands performing that night, at past National Campus Band Comp finals, El Horizonte, and Heavy Weight Champ. Do-do-do-do. It's a small world after all, it's a small world after all, it's a small small world! :-) So I hung out with Josh for a while, the went home to my hostel which is very conveniently located in the city.
Yesterday, on Christmas Day, I went to the beach. I went to Cottesloe, which is absolutely beautiful. It reminded me a tiny bit of Sitges, outside Barcelona. It was much smaller, but very cute. The water was gorgeous and I was happy to be swimming in the Indian Ocean for the first time. Despite my re-application of sunscreen THREE times, (before I got to the beach, once I got to the beach, and then right after I got out of the water,) I stil got a minor sunburn. Nothing major, but I've got some colour now on my albino white boobage area. Either the sun is so strong, it just laughed at my 3x application of SPF 30, or my albino white boobs which have hardly ever seen the light of day in 25 years just couldn't take it. So, it's not a big deal, but I was annoyed cause I was so sure that area was safe. I'm happy to report that my back is still white as ever even though I had to apply the sunscreen to my back all by myself and the whole area is exposed to the sun. Go contortionist Lori!
So I stayed yesterday at the beach until the sun set and I photographed that - I had slight flashbacks to the time I thought I was going to die after photographing the sunset at East Point, outside Darwin (Northern Territory) and was trying to find my way back in pitch blackness. Lucky I knew my way back to Cottesloe train station!
Today I took it easy and just did the Swan River Cruise thing, which was nice and relaxing. I tried and tried to book a tour for today, but nobody was open yesterday to take bookings - just as well, I've been so tired, the cruise was just what I needed. I took pics of the awesome townhouses I would like to live in if I ever moved to Perth. ;-) Or maybe they could be my parents' retirement home. They keep talking about retiring in Oz and Perth is safely far enough away from Sydney....just kidding, guys :-)
Tomorrow I'm doing a 'Pinnacles at Sunset' tour. They pick you up at noon, and you stop and see/do a bunch of cool stuff before arriving in the desert at sunset to see the Pinnacles (these alienish looking rock formations in the middle of the desert). Then we dine on freshly caught fish (yum) and camp out overnight in sleeping bags under the stars. I've never camped out before EVER so I'm looking forward to it! In the morning, we go swimming at a beach and then we go sandsurfing and catch breakfast before heading back to Perth by noon on Sat. Saturday arvo I plan to go to Freemantle and Subiaco. Sunday I'm going to do a Southwest tour including Margaret River and Mandurah. Then on Monday, my last (sob) day here, I'm doing an Eco-boat tour of Rottnest Island , which includes fishing, snorkeling, seeing those cute little quokkas, and hopefully (fingers crossed!) , seeing some dolphins! Please, Flipper, come to Lori! :-)
p.s. Thanks to my work Secret Santa, I've read the most hilarious book in ages - Stupid White Men by Michael Moore. EVERYONE should read this! It is so fricking funny and it almost makes me want to hop on the next plane back to the U.S.A. to try to save America from itself .(My parents will like hearing this!) It is funny and inspirational and surprising and jaw-dropping. LOVE IT! Amazing job, once again, Mr. Moore!
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