Well this is it, our last day in Perth. We've had an awesome few days.
It was Ben's last shift at work on Saturday, 10am til 2pm. No more work, we are officially unemployed again.
We had another trip to the Casino on saturday night to try and again make our millions .... we came back with less than last time !! Never mind ay ?!
Ben wanted to have another go at Poker so we headed straight for the poker room. He lasted 2 hours this time and just left the table, wasn't much fun for me sitting watching. He enjoyed it so much better this time, he was more confident and more patient. We had a go at trying to win the Million they give away every night at 9pm but an asian girl got picked and ended up with $5000 instead ! Not bad for just turning up ! We did have to become members to get entered in that draw ....... ha ha Casino Members, there's a first for me !
Sunday we were invited to Dean and Helen's for a BBQ. The live just round the corner from where Ben worked at Glendalough and there place is amazing. We even got to meet the famous Moggles Van Nistelchimp !! We went armed with freshly baked Brownies, made by my own fair hands and Ben knocked up some marinated chicken kebabs .... they went down a storm ! We've arranged to meet up with them when they come over to the UK for the World Cup, they've promised us a night out in the Bramley Club ! Awesome !
Monday we headed off to AQWA, the Aquarium of Western Australia. We had to catch the train and then catch the bus to Hilary's Harbour. We headed straight to the Aquarium. It was awesome. They've got a huge walk through bit with sharks, sting rays, turtles and fish. You stand on the conveyor belt and it takes you round.
We even timed it so we saw them feeding the stingrays, it really showed how big those things were against the lady diver feeding them ! They had a stingray pool and a touch pool. It had small stingrays, star fish and even a shark ! We plucked up enough courage to touch them all, took us ages though !
After that we had a walk round to the pub The Breakwater.
A lovely pub overlooking the harbour and beach area. Very nice it was too, we had a pint of Pip Squeak !!
We then had to head back to the train station as they had asked Ben to go back to work at 5pm to have his leaving party. We got there and Jeanette had made some snags and we had a couple of cans with everyone. It was nice seeing everyone and they all wished us luck.
After that we headed into the city and had a few drinks in the Moon & Sixpence and Bobby Dazzlers. The perfect end to a perfect day !
Tuesday we decided to sort out our stuff and post back home our last bits. It didn't take us long so we boarded the train again bound for Mindarie Keys. We had to catch a bus from Clarkson to the Keys and it took ages !! We EVENTUALLY arrived at the harbor side and it was beautiful ! The houses were amazing overlooking the water, with moors directly outside the houses and their massive yacht docked. How the other half live ! We had a drink in The Boat Pub overlooking the harbor. Very nice and chilled atmosphere and so quiet too.
We decided to head back and walked ..... far quicker than waiting for the bus ! We decided to stop and have a look at what food was available and ended up in the Whale and Ale Pub. Ended up watching the footie Man U v's Chelsea and then even a bit of the cricket. We ended up having some Wedges and then walked back to the train station. Luckily a train was there so we didn't have to wait long and we headed back to the city. Straight to Moon & Sixpence for maybe our last pint in there !
Can't believe we're leaving Perth tonight. Our last day here. We're going to catch up with washing and TRY and fit everything in our bags. The airport is about 15 mins away and Em's kindly dropping us off at 9pm ish later. Ready for us flying to Sydney at 10.55pm. We then leave Sydney at 6.10pm and arrive at Auckland at 11pm ish I think. We had a hostel booked for when we get there but we're just going to hang around in the airport for the arrival of Mam and Dad Hines ...... can't believe it ! Hope they have a pleasant flight and see you in NZ !!
Not sure when we'll be able to Blog but we will when we can. Take care everyone.
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