On Tuesday I took the tram to Glenelg beach.
Woensdag heb ik een bus om 5 uur genomen naar de luchthaven. Na 10 minuten was ik er al. Vlucht naar Perth genomen met Virgin Blue. Daar met een shuttlebus naar Perth YHA gegaan, onvriendelijke chauffeur. Eerst kreeg ik een kamer met 6 bedden, waarvan de 3 onderste bedden reeds bezet waren en de 3 bovenste geen ladder noch beveiliging hadden aan de zijkant. Na een tijdje kon ik gelukkig een andere kamer krijgen met vriendelijke en ordelijke Japanse meisjes. Er bleken wel bed bugs te zijn, maar daar heb ik gelukkig geen last van gehad. De treinen rijden hier vlakbij, dus die maken enorm veel lawaai, maar nog liever dat dan gesnurk. De eerste 2 dagen heb ik rondgewandeld in Perth en wat toeristische documentatie verzameld. Het museum over Western Australia bezocht.
Vrijdag ben ik naar Fremantle gegaan met de trein. Fremantle is weer een plek die bekend is om zijn goed bewaarde ‘oh zo historische’ gebouwen uit de 19de eeuw. Het is er wel gezellig. Naar de overdekte markt gegaan. Het History Museum en Maritime Museum Shipwreck Galleries bezocht. Beide waren gratis. Dat laatste ging voornamelijk over Nederlandse schepen die in de 17de eeuw gezonken zijn aan de westkust van Australië. Geschiedenis kan zo interessant zijn, maar ik heb duidelijk altijd de saaie kant gekregen op school.
Ik vond al dat er in Adelaide veel marginale en vreemde mensen rondliepen, in Perth is het wel helemaal compleet op dat vlak. Verder heeft de stad zelf weinig bijzonders te bieden. Western Australia (de staat waar ik me nu in bevind) heeft echter wel veel bezienswaardigheden, vooral natuur. Het probleem is wel dat alles zo ver weg ligt. Om naar Wave Rock te gaan, moet je bijvoorbeeld een ganse dag op de bus zitten en minimum 100 AUD betalen. En dan heb je gewoon een mooie rots gezien. Hetzelfde voor Valley of the Giants – Tree Top Walk, een wandeling op een verhoogd plateau tussen de bomen. Dus ik ga wat beslissingen moeten nemen. Later op de maand ga ik een tour doen van Perth naar Broome, een afstand van 3000 km en dan waarschijnlijk een vlucht nemen van Broome naar Darwin. Verder ben ik nu ook op zoek naar een WWOOF familie. Omdat de YHA morgen volzet is en ik geen zin had een ander hostel te zoeken, heb ik maar een 2-daagse tour naar Rottnest Island geboekt. Heb inmiddels ontdekt dat hier een Maoz is, dat is een keten van vegetarische restaurants waar je goedkoop kan eten, voornamelijk falafel. De man achter de toog was van de VS. Die ben ik hier nog niet vaak tegengekomen, dus even een babbeltje gemaakt. Bleek dat hij nog van Boulder was ook (het stadje dichtbij Denver dat ik in september bezocht heb)!
De tijd is hier trouwens GMT +8, maar door het winter/zomeruur snap ik er niks meer van. Sommige staten veranderen het uur, sommigen niet, sommigen waren bezig met een probeerperiode. Ik weet dus niet hoeveel het verschil is op dit moment met België. Zal het eens aan iemand moeten vragen via msn.
Jordan van de receptie van YHA Adelaide heeft mijn laptop gefikst btw, heel vriendelijke mensen daar!
On Wednesday I took a bus at 5 am to the airport. After 10 minutes I was there already. Took a flight to Perth with Virgin Blue. There I went to Perth YHA with a shuttle bus, unfriendly driver. At first I got a 6 bed dorm. The 3 lower beds were taken already and the 3 upper beds had not ladder and no security on the side. After a while I received an other room luckily with friendly and tidy Japanese girls. Apparently there were bed bugs, but luckily I got no bites. Trains are really close by and make an enormous noise, but better that than snoring.
The first 2 days I walked around Perth and gathered some tourist documentation. Visited the Museum on Western Australia.
On Friday I went to Fremantle by train. Fremantle is another place known for its well kept ‘oh so historical’ buildings from the 19th century. It is a charming place though. Went to the covered market. I visited the History Museum and Maritime Museum Shipwreck Galleries. Both were free. The latter was mostly about Dutch ships that sank at the west coast of Australia during the 17th century. History can be so interesting. But I obviously always received the boring part at school.
I already found that there were a lot of outcast and weird people walking around in Adelaide, in Perth it is even worse. Furthermore the city itself does not have to offer that much special. Western Australia (the state where I am at the moment) does have a lot of sights, especially nature. The problem is that everything is so far away. For instance if I want to visit Wave Rock I will have to sit on a bus all day long and pay at least 100 AUD. And then you just saw a pretty rock. Same goes for Valley of the Giants – Tree Top Walk, a boardwalk on tree level. So I will have to make some decisions. Later this month I will be doing a tour from Perth to Broome, a distance of 3000 km and then I will probably take a flight from Broome to Darwin. I am also looking for a WWOOF family at the moment. Because the YHA is fully booked for tomorrow and I did not feel like looking for an other hostel, I booked a 2 day trip to Rottnest Island. In the mean time I discovered they have Maoz here, which is a chain of vegetarian restaurants where you can get a cheap meal, mostly falafel. The guy selling was from the US. I haven’t encountered many Americans yet, so I had a chat. It appeared he was from Boulder (the town close by Denver I visited last September)!
The time here is GMT+8 btw, but because of Daylight Savings Time I lost complete track. Some states change the time, some do not, some had a trial period. So I do not know what the difference is with Europe at the moment. I will have to ask someone on msn.
On Wednesday I took a bus at 5 am to the airport. After 10 minutes I was there already. Took a flight to Perth with Virgin Blue. There I went to Perth YHA with a shuttle bus, unfriendly driver. At first I got a 6 bed dorm. The 3 lower beds were taken already and the 3 upper beds had not ladder and no security on the side. After a while I received an other room luckily with friendly and tidy Japanese girls. Apparently there were bed bugs, but luckily I got no bites. Trains are really close by and make an enormous noise, but better that than snoring.
The first 2 days I walked around Perth and gathered some tourist documentation. Visited the Museum on Western Australia.
On Friday I went to Fremantle by train. Fremantle is another place known for its well kept ‘oh so historical’ buildings from the 19th century. It is a charming place though. Went to the covered market. I visited the History Museum and Maritime Museum Shipwreck Galleries. Both were free. The latter was mostly about Dutch ships that sank at the west coast of Australia during the 17th century. History can be so interesting. But I obviously always received the boring part at school.
I already found that there were a lot of outcast and weird people walking around in Adelaide, in Perth it is even worse. Furthermore the city itself does not have to offer that much special. Western Australia (the state where I am at the moment) does have a lot of sights, especially nature. The problem is that everything is so far away. For instance if I want to visit Wave Rock I will have to sit on a bus all day long and pay at least 100 AUD. And then you just saw a pretty rock. Same goes for Valley of the Giants – Tree Top Walk, a boardwalk on tree level. So I will have to make some decisions. Later this month I will be doing a tour from Perth to Broome, a distance of 3000 km and then I will probably take a flight from Broome to Darwin. I am also looking for a WWOOF family at the moment. Because the YHA is fully booked for tomorrow and I did not feel like looking for an other hostel, I booked a 2 day trip to Rottnest Island. In the mean time I discovered they have Maoz here, which is a chain of vegetarian restaurants where you can get a cheap meal, mostly falafel. The guy selling was from the US. I haven’t encountered many Americans yet, so I had a chat. It appeared he was from Boulder (the town close by Denver I visited last September)!
The time here is GMT+8 btw, but because of Daylight Savings Time I lost complete track. Some states change the time, some do not, some had a trial period. So I do not know what the difference is with Europe at the moment. I will have to ask someone on msn.
Btw Jordan from the reception at YHA Adelaide fixed my laptop. Very friendly people there!
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