Settling in [#2]
The wedding prep kept Phil and Sonja occupied but we still managed to meet up and have a laugh. Western Australia is such a great place there was always opportunities for walking, eating, larking about on the beach and drinking.
The wedding arrived and a great day was had by all - though ended rather unsatisfactorally for the happy couple. An unwelcome case of sickness for Phil which materialised during the reception and a locked luxury resort later that evening were suboptimal results for the happiest day of their lives! Poor things.
Well after the festivities we all went south to a legendary place called Windy Harbour. Legendary in our experience because the last time we went there we managed to get fined for speeding, wiped out and capsized in the boat while fishing, nearly raided by armed police where we were confused for escaped prisoners instead of harmless pommy backpackers, oh and a few other incidents that proved altogether to be a long list of crazy experiences.
This time we had nothing so exciting, just the site of a large snake shedding it's skin and a hearty barbecue over the fire at night. Well, this is Australia.
So after a couple of weeks together, some of the guys had to return to England so the fellowship was broken and I headed south. South to the magnificent forests of Jarrah, Karri and Giant Tingle trees. Catching the odd bus, walking miles, hitch hiking and borrowing the odd bone shaking bicycle all made me feel like the opportunist traveller I was when I first visited Australia.
I travelled through the pioneer towns of Northcliffe and Walpole then onto the Whaling town of Albany.
I manged to get a ride back to Perth with Daniel and Steffi, two German travellers who both intended to return to Perth. We split the driving (well I did most of it) and the fuel costs which worked very well. 400km for about 6 quid.
The wedding arrived and a great day was had by all - though ended rather unsatisfactorally for the happy couple. An unwelcome case of sickness for Phil which materialised during the reception and a locked luxury resort later that evening were suboptimal results for the happiest day of their lives! Poor things.
Well after the festivities we all went south to a legendary place called Windy Harbour. Legendary in our experience because the last time we went there we managed to get fined for speeding, wiped out and capsized in the boat while fishing, nearly raided by armed police where we were confused for escaped prisoners instead of harmless pommy backpackers, oh and a few other incidents that proved altogether to be a long list of crazy experiences.
This time we had nothing so exciting, just the site of a large snake shedding it's skin and a hearty barbecue over the fire at night. Well, this is Australia.
So after a couple of weeks together, some of the guys had to return to England so the fellowship was broken and I headed south. South to the magnificent forests of Jarrah, Karri and Giant Tingle trees. Catching the odd bus, walking miles, hitch hiking and borrowing the odd bone shaking bicycle all made me feel like the opportunist traveller I was when I first visited Australia.
I travelled through the pioneer towns of Northcliffe and Walpole then onto the Whaling town of Albany.
I manged to get a ride back to Perth with Daniel and Steffi, two German travellers who both intended to return to Perth. We split the driving (well I did most of it) and the fuel costs which worked very well. 400km for about 6 quid.
Daniel and Steffi on Cottesloe Beach.
posted by col @ 8:40 pm
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