6 Months in Perth: Abridged. | 12th - 30th Apr 2012



12th Apr
  • R and R.
Day's Verdict: Nothing of interest happened.

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13th Apr
  • R and R.
Day's Verdict: Nothing of interest happened.

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14th Apr
  • Mini-road trip down to the Serpentine Valley
    • Brilliant forests
    • Great roads
    • Roadside fresh fruit stalls
    • More reservoirs than you can shake a stick at
    • This area of Perth was a nice unexpected surprise.
  • Late afternoon walking dog at the beach
  • Evening Fondue party
    • How VERY grown up!
      • and a tad 70s
    • Drinking games until 2am
Day's Verdict: Fantastic times and day had by all.

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15th Apr
  • TV
  • Dog Beach
Day's Verdict: Done.

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16th Apr
  • R and R.
Day's Verdict: Nothing of interest happened.

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17th Apr
  • R and R.
Day's Verdict: Nothing of interest happened.


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18th Apr
  • Thai food
Day's Verdict: Pad Thai.

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19th Apr
  • Shopping mall fun at the food court
Day's Verdict: Hmm.

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20th Apr
  • Authentic Italian at a small, always packed place called Il Ciao
    • Nice yummy pizza
Day's Verdict: Bella.

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21st Apr
  • 4pm drinking
    • Beer pong
    • Promoted to beer and rum pong
    • Then just rum, no pong
    • Other drinking games happened, I think
    • Not overly sure.
Day's Verdict: Messy.

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22nd Apr
  • R and R.
Day's Verdict: Nothing of interest happened.

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23rd Apr
  • R and R.
Day's Verdict: Nothing of interest happened.

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24th Apr
  • Out with friends to an Indonesian food place
  • Went to a small bar called Frisk with a million types of gin
  • Tried a club but the fights, the queue and general scum-bags, caused us to make the right decision
    • Not going
  • Walked home to Leederville, lost most people
  • Found people
  • Went to someone's house for post-food-drink-drinks
Day's Verdict: Drinky Drunky.

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25th Apr
  • ANZAC day
    • Remember the war and it's people
  • Breakfast out at some chilled place reading papers
  • Watch an AFL match on TV, thrilling game between two teams, one in one colour and another in a another colour.
  • Cider, much much cider.
Day's Verdict: Over-exhausting.

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26th Apr
  • R and R.
Day's Verdict: Nothing of interest happened.

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27th Apr
  • Pad Thai night
  • Watched Johnny English
    • Funny
  • Watched Thor
    • Very very good
Day's Verdict: Blissful.

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28th Apr
  • Day spent in the city, mooching around
  • Night spent at Raffles for a 30th
  • Later night spent at house party for someone's leaving event
Day's Verdict: Mixed.


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29th Apr
  • Day in Northbridge
    • Yum Cha for breakfast
      • Quite a sight to be experienced
      • All these carts of steamed food doing the rounds of all these random bits and pieces
    • Watched acrobatic comedy
      • Surprisingly good for what seemed like an amateur event planned by the city
    • PICA Art gallery
      • One of my favourite art galleries, so was going to enjoy it even if I didn't understand half of this 'art'
  • Sunday Session
    • Mount Lawley to a very nice bar called 5bar
      • Drinking this incredible red wine
      • Quaffing down on amazing oysters
Day's Verdict: A bloody great Sunday.

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30th Apr
  • R and R.
Day's Verdict: Nothing of interest happened.

6 Months in Perth: Abridged. | 5th - 11th Apr 2012



5th Apr
  • Champange Thursday
Day's Verdict: Fizzy.

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6th Apr
  • Hired a boat in Mandurah
    • Boat, more like a floating couch.
    • Set sail across the Peel Inlet down to an old mill
    • Drank beers and ate food in the sunshine
    • I took the helm and got everyone wet.
    • Wasn't allowed to drive anymore
    • Saw a dolphin
  • Evening picnic at King's Park with friends
    • Fell asleep and woken up by guy telling jokes
      • at 2am
    • Went home to sleep proper.
Day's Verdict: A very great day.

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7th Apr
  • Meal.
Day's Verdict: Ate.

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8th Apr
  • TV.
Day's Verdict: Watched.

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9th Apr
  • R and R.
Day's Verdict: Nothing of interest happened.

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10th Apr
  • Dog sitting
  • Friend round for a plate of beige food
  • He never came round again
Day's Verdict: Urgh, beige.

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11th Apr
  • People
Day's Verdict: Chatted.

6 Months in Perth: Abridged. | 29th Mar - 4th Apr 2012


29th Mar
  • Outdoor Cinema
    • Watched The Rum Diary, thought it was a great film that didn't really go anywhere.
    • It also rained.
    • Chairs were also uncomfortable.
Day's Verdict: OK.

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30th Mar
  • Night in downtown
    • Cheeky sparrow, typical alcohol/food place for people with too much money and not enough fashion sense.
    • Amplifier Bar, typical alcohol/music place for people with too little money and not enough fashion sense.
Day's Verdict: Fashion seems to be a problem in Perth.

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31st Mar
  • Watched Synchronised swimming.
    • Tiny Malaysian robots were incredible
    • The rest were a bit shit
    • Saw Australian team that are going to London Olympics
Day's Verdict: I didn't feel the over-need for a shotgun to the face.

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1st Apr
  • Breakfast at my new favourite place, 50ml.
    • Chilled-ish
  • Paddleboarding afterwards.
    • Energetic-ish
  • Cooked pesto stuffed mushrooms.
    • Tasty-ish
Day's Verdict: Just a day-ish.

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2nd Apr
  • R and R.
Day's Verdict: Nothing of interest happened.

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3rd Apr
  • Drank a hot chocolate
Day's Verdict: Action packed.

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4th Apr
  • R and R.
Day's Verdict: Nothing of interest happened.