Perth Day One

Perth Day One

I arrived in the morning from Kalgoorlie and Adelaide
yesterday, made contact with my hosts and began a day
of big city touring.

museums, busses, trams, trains, ferry boats, on foot.

Art Museum has a wonderful Monet and Japan exhibit, a
great Aboriginal Art collection and some very unique
contemporary Australian art.

The archeology and science museum was superb: it's
permanent animal and social exhibits, plus it has a
fun exhibit devoted to Albert Einstein, man of the
Century.

Freemantle is a fun and fast boat ride from the main
pier in downtown Perth. You pass, sailboat and yacht,
docks, one after another. It was like being in Ft.
Lauderdale and Pompano and what is similar on the
westcoast in California or the northeast US or along
the Meditterean (spelling).

It is a fun community with a street devoted to
Cappucino drinking cafes. No American chains at all.
All unique to Freemantle.

Freemantle is the dock where the shipping takes place.

Saw a giant "sheep ship". Live sheep that is. 8
levels high of open containers for the sheep.

Stopped in a couple interesting cafes during the day
for noon sandwiches and sweets.

Road the train back through the suburbs to the main
station in the centre of Perth. Then waited for my
host to pick me up to take me to their house in a
totally different section of suburbs.

This morning Micheal walked me to the bus stop where I
took off for the local train station to come into
Perth for more touring and practical planning issues
and of course to email my waiting friends (ha ha).

This evening we're going to a special book sale for
Save the Children. Tomorrow we're off to the
countryside for the weekend.

Ta Tah, Cheerio Mates

See ya

Wandering Alan

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