When talking
to others about my upcoming adventure it tended to go like this:
Friend: “So
where did you get into?”
Me: “To
Australia! I’m so happy, always wanted to go there!”
Friend
(overwhelmed): “NO WAY that’s amazing! To AUSTRALIA?!?! So cool, it’s going to
be great, it’s such an amazing place with great people!!! Whoa!”
Me: “Yes, I
know! I cannot wait to be in Perth!”
Friend (a
smile melting down from her/his face): “Wait, what..? In Perth? Oh... Well I
guess it’s nice. Hmmm… Yes, I’ve heard people have liked it there…”
…
Now I’m
super excited to go to the west coast. I mean, how many times you would get to
see it otherwise? Perth is the second most isolated city in the whole world,
right after Honolulu. The distance between Perth and its nearest city Adelaide
is 2,104 km, and to Sydney it is 3,291 km straight to the east (even Indonesia
is closer). Out there in between is nothing but desert and a big rock.
To the west
from Perth there’s enormous Indian Ocean until you hit Madagascar. At
South you’ll hit the South Pole and from North you’ll find Indonesia. South-west
coast has a great weather, the only place in Australia with Mediterranean
climate (hot summers and rainy season during winter). Despite its loneliness in
the world Perth is the 4th biggest city of Australia with a population of 2 million, it’s a modern,
safe and fast-growing place located by water between the Indian Ocean and the Swan
River. The nature in Western Australia is unique, various and magnificent with
all its national parks, thousands of miles of coastline with beaches and best
surfing spots, red deserts with ancient rocks and then again agreeable rolling
hills for vineyards.
I can honestly say the weather here has been the hottest since tropical Cairns, 25 degrees being the coldest and 39 being the hottest (and it's almost fall), and it's not humid here. It has only drizzled one time so far. The beaches are incredible with white sand and the clearest water I ever seen (I prefer already just Cottesloe to Bondi for example). And you can actually swim here in the ocean for there is no jellyfish! The city center is modern and super clean with alleys and fancy stores, and everything is at walkable distance.
First two weeks have passed by quickly, most of my time I've spent at the campus, but luckily I have had time to go around also. Here is in a nutshell some things what we have been doing so far!
When I'm not running around the campus to enrol to my ever-changing units, I've gone with other exchangers to night market held every Friday in the city center where they serve various types of good food; to Northbridge that is full of restaurants and where we first weren't allowed to enter to the rooftop bar for not having "proper" IDs (they only accept australian IDs or a passport here in the west) but then found this cutest, chilled out bar in one of the side alleys; to the very city center with its stores (air con <3 ); and to the beaches of course. We have had sundowners by Matilda Bay where you can spot black swans and dolphins (and sharks based on a new video streaming in fb...) and explored Kings Park just next to the campus, good place to hang out, and it's huge, I already got lost there once while jogging. We also went to Heirisson Island to find wild kangaroos and to waterland/amusent park the other Saturday (a welcoming trip organized by UWA) :)
And yet there are still lots of places to see and visit. With friends from UniHall we have already booked few trips, one to Rottnest Island and one down to Margaret River. Excited!
First two weeks have passed by quickly, most of my time I've spent at the campus, but luckily I have had time to go around also. Here is in a nutshell some things what we have been doing so far!
When I'm not running around the campus to enrol to my ever-changing units, I've gone with other exchangers to night market held every Friday in the city center where they serve various types of good food; to Northbridge that is full of restaurants and where we first weren't allowed to enter to the rooftop bar for not having "proper" IDs (they only accept australian IDs or a passport here in the west) but then found this cutest, chilled out bar in one of the side alleys; to the very city center with its stores (air con <3 ); and to the beaches of course. We have had sundowners by Matilda Bay where you can spot black swans and dolphins (and sharks based on a new video streaming in fb...) and explored Kings Park just next to the campus, good place to hang out, and it's huge, I already got lost there once while jogging. We also went to Heirisson Island to find wild kangaroos and to waterland/amusent park the other Saturday (a welcoming trip organized by UWA) :)
And yet there are still lots of places to see and visit. With friends from UniHall we have already booked few trips, one to Rottnest Island and one down to Margaret River. Excited!
So yes, I think it's going to be a wonderful place.
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| CBD in Perth |
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| Forrest Place |
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| In the Northbridge |
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| The cutest street right in the busy center of Perth - London Court. Felt like I entered to the Diagon Alley! |
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| Crème Brûlée from the night market. |
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| Adventure World trip organized by UWA - super important stuff, but had fun :) |
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| Cottesloe |
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| That's the Indian Ocean |
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| Kangaroos on Heirisson Island |
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| Another local creature of Perth's parks |
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