Thursday 3rd January 2008

After a lazy morning, (we didn't wake up until after 10.30am), we got ourselves ready and then left the hostel. We walked down to the bus-stop, then jumped onto the Blue Cat, which is the free bus around Perth. We rode it until we got down by the Swan River, where we got off and headed for Kings Park.

We didn't know, but to get into the park from where we got off the bus, you have to climb loads of steps. Someone told us there were 480, which i'm not sure about, but any number over 10 is tough going in the heat it is here at the moment. It's not particularly sunny, but it is VERY humid. Anyway, once we'd made it to the top of the steps, we went for a walk around the park and Botanic Gardens.

Kings Park is massive, and we started by visiting the War Memorial - which can be seen from town - it's quite impressive. Whilst we were enjoying the stunning views of the city skyline, we sat on the grass and had a picnic. Afterwards, we took a walk around the gardens, which includes a tree top walk through... the trees! When we'd seen everything we wanted to see, and we were pretty tired from all the walking, we caught the bus into town and had a look around the shops. When we got back to the hostel this evening - we were both exhausted, from the heat and the walking - so we just chilled out in front of the TV with the others and watched a couple of films.

Yes..! The news said it's gonna be a 'cool' 31° tomorrow!