Day 14 – Leaving Perth/Arriving in Melbourne.

My flight was due out of Perth at 11am but on arrival was told it was delayed and wouldn’t be leaving until 12.30 which I thought was annoying but it could have been worse! Boarding began at 12.30 and once on the plane they said there had been problems from Melbourne, which is why the flight was delayed. As they were about to demonstrate the safety procedures they realised the PA system or something wasn’t working and needed to be reset… eventually at 2pm we started to make a move, this meant the flight didn’t land in Melbourne until half past 8. (The flight was only 3 and a bit hours but Melbourne is +3 hours from Perth.) I took the Skybus to Southern Cross station where normally you can get a Skybus to your hotel but this service stops at 5.30 on a Saturday so I knew I was never going to make it even if my plane had been on time, which is why I had already planned to take the free City Circle tram. On arrival at the tram stop I read the timetable which said the free service stops at 9pm… could my day get any worse?! This meant there was only one thing for it… to walk the whole way there which I knew was about a 30minute journey... lets just say by the time I arrived here my back was dripping and I definitely needed a shower! Both bags combined are probably about 20kg and a lot of Russell Street was all up hill… NEVER AGAIN! Will my bad luck ever end?

Does anyone else have an outfit they always wear on the plane? This is mine!

Day 6 - Perth.

My flight didn’t land in Perth until just gone 1am which meant by the time I was out, collected my luggage, met Michael and drove back to his we didn’t get in until about 3am! Passport control was nothing like you see in those TV shows and because I went through some special machine with my electronic passport I didn’t get a stamp!! I shall have to remember this for future airports, stamps are very important.

Perth is +4 hours from Dubai, which means it is +8 hours from the UK. My body is well and truly frazzled, so I slept until about midday. Once awoken and fed we made our way into the city. After a short walk around we ended up in Northbridge in a café called ‘Little Willy’s’. I’ve decided that I am going to try a lot of new things on this trip and so after looking at the menu I bought an Iced tea (something I’ve never tried), which I enjoyed very much! I think I may be purchasing a few of these over the next few months just to survive this crazy weather! Michael had work that evening so when he went there, I went to meet his mum in a pub called The Moon & Sixpence. I spent the evening with her and a couple of people she worked with drinking white wine, something else I don’t really do, and eating some standard pub grub.