Day 70

Last day in Perth and last day in Australia. Justin was still pretty tired so we just had a swim at the beach. Basically it gets all blown out by the afternoon, so we went in the morning and it was gorgeous as usual. Drove around the city, just catching up with what's changed. King's Park is a lot greener than I remember, I guess they must be switching on the sprinklers although Perth went without rain for 60+ days! The Perth skyline has changed a little - it's good to see more tall buildings, and a few new mid-rise buildings. Not like Sydney, it's all built up, nothing much new to build, I suppose...

And then walked around UWA in the day time. It's just so surreal being back someplace that I've walked around for years, and then left for almost a decade, and then came back again. Everything's the same, but slightly, ever so slightly different. A fresh pasta dinner and an early early wake up tomorrow to catch a 630am flight to Asia.. boooo

Good bye Australia for now...

Day 69

Scarborough beach late in the afternoon today, the wind had really picked up and it was a very different atmosphere from the weekend before! No more calm clear waters, instead it was choppy and we could see dark clouds on the horizon. The wind surfers were having lots of fun though. Later the lightning rolled in and the lifeguards put on the shark siren. Dinner and a long game of Uno later!

Day 63

Kalwant picks me up early in the morning...where is all my stuff? I panic a little because everything is in several different bags, and back in sydney I had to throw stuff in a different bag because my baggage was heavier than 20kg. A bit of a run around later and I get everything sorted seconds before Kalwant pulls up the front. It is yet another hot day, the sun here is even hotter than in Sydney! I can feel my skin sizzling after a while. It's also a very hot day today (and also for the next 3 days), forecasted to be 45 celsius! We are lucky and get a parking spot for the black (!!) car underneath the only shady tree in the parking lot. The beach is packed! But the water is so crisp and refreshing. A bit of dancing, drinks, me nervously driving a stick (manual) car and dinner later, we are all happy, and playing Wii bowling at K's place. A good day out... all of us needed one for a bit I think!