Perth

The flight across was only 4 3/4 hours, so time flew by as we had a wide selection of movies/CD's/Games to choose from, and an endless supply of food and drink which we took full advantage of. Landed and went through customs and Paul's bag went through an xray machine and was pulled to one side, a woman called over a customs officer and she looked at the x ray and said i had a mosquito bat inside. I confirmed that i did, and she told me that it was illegal to have them in Australia as it discharges an electrical current, so no more fun zapping flys in the evening!
We got a taxi to the hostel, the hostel is like a big house, our room has a comfy double bed with a proper quilt. There is a big lounge area where we can watch DVD's, and a big kitchen area. The Hostel has a Spa but it's too cold to use it as the moment. After sorting our stuff out, went for a short walk and soon realised it was freezing so went back to the hostel and wrapped up and went back out to see the sights. We walked through the City and to the river, there are loads of american sailors here as USS Kitty Hawk is docked nearby! Perth reminded Jack of London with the way the buildings look. The City is very clean and is Beautiful, it's nice to return to a westernised country, with no squat toilets to be seen!!! The down side is that everything is expensive so we are now on home cooked meals, which we cook ourselves which is a delightful change.
Friday night we had a night out, went to Northbridge..got a bit drunk..went to mainly backpacker bars, which was nice as the drinks wernt to expensive, we sampled a couple of jugs of aussie beer! Went to a bar called the "Shed" which was a big outdoor place, it had a dance floor and seating area, also had a huge log fire which was very nice as it was a little cool in the evening!
The saturday we got quite a few things sorted like laundry, greyhound pass and route, mobile..Paul had his hair cut!! In the afternoon we took a train ride to Freemantle which is close to the coast, its a small fishing village, lots of lovely scenary and a fair bit of history to the place, we had a look round the market and also went to cappacino row..! We went to the harbour for a look as this is where USS Kitty hawk was docked, Paul was to excited couldnt miss out!!!
Got a couple of routes sorted so far on our greyhound pass, our first stop is Cervanties which is north of Perth..bus leaves at 0815am!!