Western Australia

This morning Janice and I headed down to Freemantle to spend the morning in the neighbouring city that is right on the ocean. It is very much a tourist town and is full of small cafe's, restaurants and we were lucky to be there on the weekend to hunt through the weekly market that has anything you could ever need. I continued my souveneir shopping and got a cool instrument that is local to the Aboriginals (can't give too much more info since someone is going to be recieving it soon).

Next we headed up the coast and stopped at a beach for lunch where it got quite windy and in turn lots of kitesurfers took to the ocean for a great show. We were watching a couple guys on the beach who were trying backflips, it was hilarious since a few times they landed facefirst and got a mouthful of sand. Not too sure why they chose to try flips on the beach where everyone could see them make fools of themselves?!?!?

From there we drove to AQWA (Aquarium of Western Australia) and got to see local marine life in a really cool environment. The highlight of the aquarium was a massive tank full of sharks, manta rays, sea turtles and other fish where a semi circular pane of glass looped in a circle and you literally walked underneath the water. Partway through, a group of people went scuba diving in the tank and were able to get close enough to pet the sharks, a mother's day treat that I'm sure not many mothers would look forward to.

After lunch we drove up to Yanchep National Park where we walked through a Koala enclosure to find most of them sleeping and one shy one hiding on the other side of a bush. From there we drove to a golf course in the park where I got to see Australia's claim to fame: Kangaroos. They really are a neat animal and we got within feet of them before they would bound off to find new grass to eat. Quite a few of them had babies in their pouches but it was too cold in the evening for them to pop their heads out. It was definitely a highlight of my trip so far and was amazed of how quick they were, easily able to outrun me.

Tonight we got some vintage fish n chips and the got an order of shark instead of the usual fish which was soooo good. I've had such a great stay with Janice and am sad to leave but will be returning to Sydney tomorrow for my last stint in Australia. I'm heading back home at the end of the week and will have a few days to tour around Australias most popular city and am hoping to get signed up for surfing lessons.