Perth, Western Australia 1.

C'mon get on your bike!

Fed, dressed, refreshed the next morning saw us take off into Perth's town centre with our first stop at the Visitors Information Centre to collect our pamphlets.  Parking was not an easy find but were recommended to head off to Kings Park to leave the car there.  Helmets, gloves on we hopped on the bikes and rode around through Kings Park, the Botanical Gardens before heading down to Swan River with our starting point around the Bell Tower.  The city skyline was a treat for the eye against the Swan River.  With a few photos along the way we came across the Catamarans promising to come back as our carpark was limited to 2 hours. 

King's Park Dve:earliest plantation 1929

We viewed some magnificent homes overlooking the Swan over across to the City.  Heading back through the city took us along a few of the major intersections to enjoy the bustle of downtown.  Not hard to notice was the building that was going on everywhere along the streets and buildings. A stop at the City Port we bought a light refreshment before heading back up hill to Kings Park.

Catching a tram ride.....all the way from Melbourne

The day coming to an end we both caught up with some work, Daniel on the guitar and myself with some updating of the blog and the usual laundry, cleaning.  Happy hour attended with more laughs before lights out for the night.

M & M

We got a call from Ania the next day catching up with news at home.  They had some friends who lived in WA and gave us their contact numbers should we want to catch up with them during our stay.  We'd met both couples in Melbourne on a couple of occassions going back about 3 or 4 years ago.  We'd arranged to meet Marysia (not me!) at a Polish Restaurant to grab a bite to eat. We made our way across town without any difficulty taking in the buildings, homes.  With a little time on our hands we walked around before catching up with Marysia.  The afternoon drifted into evening before she suggested that we should take a view of the nightscape from the revolving restaurant on the 33rd floor in the City.  The sites were amazing with a couple of drinks to relax by.  It was an absolute pleasure as she had gone out of her way to make us welcome, show us her town telling us how she'd settled in Western Australia after moving there from Melbourne about seven years ago. Lovely as always, a delight to be in her company and a very memorable experience for us.

At 33 in the revolving restaurant...thank you!