Posts in the category 'western-australia'
Posts earlier than 16 January 2003
New Year Review - Part 1
We know that our postings have slowed down since we arrived in Perth, so here's a brief review of our Christmas & New Year. Christmas day down under is a very different experience from home, this is due to the weather, I realised this when on phoning home at 8 am, to catch people before they went to midnight-mass, and I was sweating buckets. It was a stinking 30-something degrees C! Prezzie opening was a…
Carols at Candle-lightning
Thanks to everyone who has sent us Christmas messages, for those who haven't... bar-humbug to you too :P We've only eight hours till Christmas, where as you have about 16 hours to go! hehehe - we open prezzies before you! Carols at Candlelight was an interesting experience. It had a of a Glastonbury feel to it, hundreds (possibly thousands) of people all sitting in a field with picnics, ready for a sing-song. We tried lighting our candles,…
3 days to go...
We arrived in Perth yesterday afternoon, Mair & Mary picked us up from the airport, then drove us to our accomodation. Mair rents a house out to a man, who is currently away for the next three weeks, so Mair has let us stay there whilst he's away... This is amazing offer for us, and we'd want to say a huge thanks to Mair for this! Its going to help our budgeting beyond belief! With only…