The Witches Hat

Well this is my penultimate Oz blog and this centres just on Perth so it may be kind of short and sweet which is quite like Perth. So following on from my last blog where I decided it was time to work and spend three months here and wait for the good weather in South Australia….well things again have changed (again) I have decided to push through the bad weather and come out of the other side in South America where I hopefully will meet Tim in Chile or Peru. The only problem with this is that NZ will be wet and cold so will Melbourne and South Australia also I am having to drive on my own which is costing quite a lot then I have to sell my car to pay for the airfare to Chile from Auckland which is costing an arm and a leg due to the lack of airlines offering this service, another decision that I have made is that I will couch surf* in NZ and depending on that success South America, enough of my plans here is what happened in Perth.

We started off in the Billabong hostel which when we first arrived was a complete pig hole with the rooms being very basic and often dirty with the occupants items flung around the room and the staff being rude then we changed to one of the nicest most friendly hostels I have ever stayed in, The Witches Hat. This hostel is small but very warm and when I say warm I mean the mood of the place, it has a main living room with three comfy sofas and a large plasma TV where everyone congregates after work or as in my case after looking around town. This place was perfect for watching the football with most people watching the games which were on at 19:00, 22:00 and 02:30 and this was where I realised I was living the dream…..cast your mind back 4 years I was working through the world cup and dreamed a dream of watching as many games as possible now 4 years later I am living that dream perched on one of the comfy chairs with a little creatures beer watching as many of the games as possible. Another reason to stay in this place was the fact the manager gave me 4 days free after completing some demolition work in the garden to which I was also paid. I could quite happily have stayed in this hostel for months and months but unfortunately this would have cost me quite some money.

What did we do in Perth, well we went out drinking went to Fremantle and we went to an AFL game (Eagles vs. Bulldogs), visited the kings gardens which were stunning and gave a glimpse across the city skyline other than that there is not much to do in Perth as it is quite a small city but saying that there is something about the place that I fell in love with its small and the CBD is not massive but it is the attitude of the people here they may be less cool than Melbourne’s and not as rich as Sydney’s but they have a friendliness that is unquestionable, Perth was becoming one of my favourite cities and to work here and live in the Hat would have been great as I had already made myself at home becoming friends with all the long termers, it was easy to get work here but the problem was hours as not many places wanted to give 40+ hours so anything less it would only pay for living expenses and I already had my mind set on the beautiful South America.

So there we have it the end of the West Coast if it was warm and I had a full car I would go south and visit the wine region of Margaret River but this will add more money onto the travelling. Next are South Australia and the round up of Australia.

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