Perth in the Rain and Wind

Perth in the Rain and Wind

 Mild off and on rain with strong gusts of wind between
the many high rise buildings.

 Started off during functional trip stuff...train berth
tickets, airplane ticket switching (NO CHARGE AT ALL
TO CHANGE...US airlines wake up).

 Great chocolate chip muffin at Crescent breakfast
shop. So nice and warm and soft and delicious with
orange juice.

 Off to buy a day trip bus/train/ferry boat pass to use
while wandering the city and surrounding area for the
day.

 Then I jumped on the RED free bus to orient myself.
Then onto the BLUE free bus to orient to other areas.

 Great lunch at a Thai restaurant in the Northbridge
area....the truly night life area of Perth. Not
everyone goes home at 5:00 every day.

 I ate at a restaurant I had seen from the train on the
way in this morning. Small, very tastefully done in
natural clear pine bent wood furniture, Scandinavian
in design. Nice small scale restaurant, excellent
service and great Pad Thai and order of Spring Rolls.
I asked for one and I got one, one order of four.

 Ooops!

 Then I went searching for Northbridge and found it on
the next street over filled with many different types
of restaurants, bars, nite clubs, strip joints, adult
clubs and a few banks....a little dichotomy there.
Northbridge lays two blocks from the Art and Museum
complex. The Perth planners like to keep their varied
forms of entertainment together in one place I guess.

 Ha ha.

 Then off to the ferry boat to go to the Perth Zoo.
Very natural zoo. You wander through areas with the
animals. Ended up following a very, very large, angry
looking dark colored crane like bird. Who suddenly
decided he wasn't moving so I walked completely around
the pond the other way.

 Then off to the kangaroos, kaolas, etc.

 Couldn't get to the elephants and tigers and such
because the zoo is under construction.

 Sorry Jessica...no photos of elephants from Perth.

 then off to arrange internal flights between Kuala
Lumpur and Singapore because I am making professional
presentations in both cities and will need to travel
back and forth during the 9 days I am there by bus and
plane.

 Now I am heading to my hosts home for the evening.

 May your weekends, wherever you are in the world be
restful, joy-filled. Make them that way. It is your
choice.
Your wandering chap/bloke Alan

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