Day 636 - Perth, Australia

Day 636 - 6th March 2007 +9:00 GMT

Woke up at 7:30am did not feel to jet lagged. It is roasting hot again 42 C in the shade. Jill and I got ready and caught a bus to Whitford's shopping centre. The shopping centre is quite large and reminded me of an american mall. We went and got some lunch and then went shopping. Jill bought some shoes for the evening and I bought a new shirt. We then manged to open Bank Accounts and buy some toiletries. We then caught the bus back to Sarah and Peters house. Peter came home just before 5pm and at 5:40pm we headed out to Burswood Casino which is where Sarah works for a Burswood Stars - Employee Of The Year Dinner.

Burswood Stars - Employee Of The Year Dinner

We all got free drinks all night and a 3 course dinner, during the dinner employees were given prizes abd awards for there hard work throughout the year.


Jill and I

Two live bands played throughout the evening and we all had a few drinks and had a dance. We headed home just before midnight.



Peter, Sarah, Jill and I

Day 635 - Christchurch, New Zealand - Perth Australia

Day 635 - 5th March 2007 +9:00 GMT

Had to get up early and make pack up all our bags. We got picked up by the airport shuttle at 9am and taken to Christchurch Airport. The airport was really busy and we queued until 10am to check in. All our bags were overweight but luckiyl we were not charged any extra. our flight to Auckland took off at 11am and we were in Auckland just after 12:15pm. We then had to walk from the domestic terminal to the international terminal were we meet up with our friends Kees from Wellington. We had a beer and some food with him and then boraded our 2:20pm flight to Perth, Australia. Jill and I were given an emergency exit row so had extra leg room. There was only one TV screen on the plane which was at the front and was hard to see from our seats. We watched Casino Royale and Stormbreakers on our 7.5 hour flight. We were also surrounded by the New Zealand Hurricanes Rugby Super 14 team. We chatted to them briefly and they insited we come and watch them play on Friday again Perth red's. We landed at 5:55pm Australian time and it was still 39 C at that time. We were picked up by Sarah and Peter who are family friends. I have known Sarah since I was born. They drove us back to their house which is a fantastic 3 bedroom house with an outdoor eating area and a massive living room with high ceilings.

The Front Of the House

Living Room With High Ceiling

Outdoor Eating

The Back Garden

The journey took just over 25 minutes. Then they cooked us some pizza's and we sat around and chatting and catching up until about 10:30pm. We were all tired and called it a night.