Day 28 - Home comforts in Oz, PHEW!!

G'day to ya Poms!

Well I arrived in Perth at 12.45am on May 5th, very happy to be met by my sis, Simon (her husband), my niece Abbie and nephew Joel.

My sis, niece and nephew

They emmigrated from England about a year ago, so it was high time for a catch up!

My niece Ab, loves cameras...

Slept extremely well that night, lovely house, such luxury compared to the last few weeks.

Went on a deep sea fishing trip with Simon the other day. Quite a shock getting up at 5am to make it to the harbour in time, the boat was crowded and it motored for 1hr45 until we stopped to fish. The sea was rough, I got seasick!!

Deep sea fishing, I swear the sea was rougher than that earlier on!!

The picture you can see was taken while I was sitting on the seats, apparently looking a curious shade of green. That's Simon at the end of the boat. I managed to recover by midday after shovelling some food down me, but the worst part of this $135 trip...didn't catch a thing!

I spent a day wondering around the city looking for some piano playing work, it became quite an art walking into each hotel and trying to sell myself! It's a shame as i'm only here for a short time it's difficult to get employed. Went to a trendy oyster bar the other night on the Swan river to meet an agent/pianist I had met in Perth, had a bit of a play and it went well - I'll have to keep pestering him in case he can find me a gig - watch this space!

I had better mention an injury I had from Thailand. Walking in the sea one day I stepped on a piece of coral and it put a hole in my foot around the heel. It never quite healed up and was still hurting when I arrived in Perth a couple of weeks later. On consulting my sis about this one evening, she suggested we try dig the foreign object out. Cue Simon, who entered carrying (seriously) a TOOLBOX. Obviously distressed at the situation, I tried to protest, and they just laughed at me. Turned out the toolbox held their medical kit - what a way to scare their patients! Anyway it must have come out eventually, it's fine now. Just had to tell you about it, it was a hilarious night, think they quite enjoyed making me scared about the prospect of home surgery with DIY tools! I'm feeling kind so I'll spare you the picture of the injury...

written by

Ayglesia on May 11, 2007 from Perth, Australia

from the travel blog: Alex's round the world adventure

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