Cottesloe Beach - Night 141

My morning was wasted trying to find hostels and set up a trip to Rottnest Island this coming weekend. Due to the three day weekend almost every place I checked was booked solid, including the solo hostel on Rottnest. In the end, I’ll be staying in Fremantle Saturday and Sunday nights and just doing a day trip to Rottnest on Sunday. This is the first time in my trip that I wished I had done a bit more planning ahead.

At Cottesloe

It was another scorcher today, so Sue and I drove out to Cottesloe Beach for a quick dip in the Indian Ocean. Enroute, she was pulled over for speeding. Not that this is all that noteworthy, but the manner in which the police apprehend speeders is quite strange. Policeman on foot stand in the shadows of road signs, large trees, etc with their radar guns. Once they catch a speeder coming upon them, they run out in to the middle of the road and direct the offender to the side using nothing more than hand signals, even on roads where drivers are doing 45 to 55 mph. It seems to me a dangerous way to enforce speed limits…but I suppose it keeps them from getting fat like American cops. Which, now that I think of it, most of the cops I’ve seen here in Australia are actually fit and appear as if they could honestly run down a man in wheelchair or an old woman with a walker without stopping for a break.

Cottesloe Beach

Cottesloe Beach was absolutely packed, on account of the teacher’s strike all the schoolies decided to hit the sand. Sue only stayed for a bit and then headed back home for some music appointments. I stuck it out all day (the Annas bailed on account of hangovers and high temperatures), hiding in the shade for most of the afternoon. Though the Indian Ocean is the warmest of the big three, the water was refreshingly cold and made for joyous swimming.

At night I ventured up to the Anna’s house in North Perth to chill out and have some dinner. I suddenly realized that I am going to be in Fiji in less than a week and need to get something planned.

What I Learned Today: I couldn’t possibly fathom working with teenagers on a day to day basis.

written by

exumenius on February 28, 2008 from Perth, Australia

from the travel blog: Kiwis and Kangaroos

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