March 4, 2008

Perth

Hey its been a long time since I've added anything here. Working too much and not taking enough photos I guess. I'm getting ready to hit the road so I figure I should put up some photos of some interesting things I saw in and around Perth.


Some kind of multicultural festival some of us went to when we first got to Perth


Sunset at Scarborough Beach


Red Bull Air Race


The Bad Piper


The Rock and Roll Samurai


Some Christmas decorations by London Court


The Christmas Day at the Beach


Some hot dogs


The temperature in the shade on Christmas day


Christmas feast for me! Thanks Suz...


View from Kings Park


Look at the number on the bus... its the Bus to hell (which is apparently at the cricket grounds)


View from work.


This is where I worked. I'm gonna miss all you guys...

October 3, 2007

Road to Perth

I traveled something like 6000km from Darwin to Perth. There were some really long drives through the hot Australian outback. Broome was really beautiful. Cable Beach is one of the nicest beaches I've been to. The sunset there was spectacular.

I did some scuba diving in Exmouth. The conditions weren't very good, the tide was blowing us back and forth several meters. The second dive was on a site called Blizzard Reef. After seeing all the sand that was flying around I can see why it got that name. I did get to see a Lion fish which was nice.

The best part about that dive was actually the boat ride back. We saw some Humpback whales out splashing around just off the coast. We got up really close. The crew of the boat told us to make a lot of noise when they came up for air. When we made some noise they'd poke their head out of the water to see what the noise was.

In Coral Bay I went on a snorkeling trip to go swimming with the Manta Rays, but we didn't see any Manta Rays on the trip. The company didn't offer any kind of refunds which I thought they should since it was called the "Manta Tour" on all their signs.

Next stop Was Monkey Mia which is right in the middle of Shark Bay. We didn't see any sharks, but thats ok because we got to see some Dolphins up close. Back in the 60s people used to feed the Dolphins there and the Dolphins have passed it down from one generation to the next that there was an easy meal if they swam up to the beach. Now they are trying to wean the dolphins from being fed by humans, but the Dolphins still get a little food each day and that keeps them coming back to the beach.

We visited the Pinnacles desert where there are all these cool stone pillars around.

Now I'm finally in Perth. It really is a nice city so I think I'll stay here a while.


On the Road

Manuel, Frank, me and Jessica, with Oscar the car behind us.

Lake Argyle

Taking a dip

Burning the dead grass

Burnt land

Some rocks that look like they belong in a western

Weeeeeeeee!!!

Sunset in Broome

Back on the road

Nice day for a dive

Finally back underwater.

Coral and fishes.

A big mass of yellow fish.

Some more fish

A sea snake

A giant white fish.

Some Banner Fish

Some coral and fish and sand

A Lionfish

from the side.

A tail of a whale.

Waving at us.

Taking a look.

Turtle in Coral Bay Some pretty blue fish

more blue fish.

Blowholes A big splash



an emu

me in the outback

sunset at Eagle Bluff

A fin breaking the water in shark bay...


But it not a shark its some dolphins


pelicans out for a cruise


Pinnacles Desert



Finally in sunny Perth