Sunday 31st - Wednesday 3rd

The writing style of this changes from past to present at points...not sure why i've been doing that...but you get the idea.

I'll skip the boring parts about sunday. The "events" really started when i was making dinner and got talking to some English girls. When i mentioned i was going to be watching the Old Firm match they told me about their mate Ian who was going to be watching it too and was staying at the Lodge aswell. We ended up in a place called "Mustangs" with Ian since the the place he was going to was full. Me and Dar had already drank most of out beers from the Lodge *important point* So that was all good, at least we got to see the game. (4-2 Rangers btw...bad times) Anyways we got seperated afterwards cause Dar was showing these randoms where a pub was and i was keeping Ian standing. He ended up "freestyling" on the steps of a building (WTF?!) before going to McD's and passing out on one of the tables. I managed to practically carry him back to the lodge where Dar had met this sound guy called Peter. We all wanted more booze (since we'd drank it all earlier) so we went to the casino...and Ian came too. Well myself and Peter had an awesome time on the roulette table (made my money back from the pints earlier plus more) but then i thought i had lost my passport so i was running around looking for it and asking security/bar staff if they'd seen it. Turns out it was on my bed... Meanwhile Ian was being a total prick to Darren and everyone else so Dar ended up taking him home. 45 minutes later me and Pete return to find Ian passed out and Darren $70 short. Stuff happened (too incriminating to say here) which ended in me and Darren falling out. I was fucked. I went to my room, worrying about what i was going to do. Pretty much wishing i was back home. This continued into the next day so i got up about 1 and wandered for 2 hours or so then went back to bed. Dar text me apologising but i was still in a dire mood. I fell asleep til tues morning, woke up in a better mood but still not sure how things would be...

Tuesday morning was a bit awkward but that passed soon enough. By 12 when we were looking for places to stay in Fremantle and Albany everything was cool. Yeah...I'm getting up way too early. The plan so far is to head to Fremantle on sunday and stay there for 3 nights. Perth has gotten old-fast. Possibly the most boring city I've been to. After Swan Tower, King's Park and some exploring all that's left is the zoo. Anyway, after getting a cruise to Fremantle down the Swan River & staying for 3 nights we're off to Albany to stay in a hostel for 5 nights til Dar's mate gets back from his trip to Scotland (bad timing or what.) Then hopefully we can stay at his, for at least 2 weeks I'm hoping. Right now I'm thinking of working loads in Albany (not only to make money to support this trip but also to kill some time-that's what kind of mindset I'm in) for a month or so depending on whether or not Dar's mate will lend us his car to go to Ayer's Rock etc. Otherwise we might need to buy a car then sell it at the end of the trip, which means more working, less travelling. Sorting out accommodation was proving tedious so i ended up getting my mum to sort out our Albany hostel. Just waiting for Fremantle now. So on my way back from the supermarket i went to grab a dvd from the dvd-room in the Lodge so we could watch it on Dar's laptop when Ian (drunk freestyler) started talking to me-oh joy. I ended up pointing him in Darren's direction so he could give him that $70. I retreated to my room but it turns out Ian couldn't apologise enough - to me, Dar & Peter. After that me and Dar just watched Land of the Dead then i crashed out after that.

I was up early once again on Wednesday morning so i decided to go on the net. I got a reply about the Fremantle accommodation but they need bank card details too which im not too keen on giving out on a public computer like the one im using in this lodge. I waited til Dar was up and we decided to think about it later on. We'd chosen to go to Perth Zoo today which is about a 45-60 minute walk to South Perth across the Swan River. Luckily we had a leaflet which a map on the back cause it's not very well sign posted, found it easily enough though. We had picked the right day to go as adult get in for kid's prices every wednesday. And I would recommend if you want to visit the zoo go on a wednesday because it's not worth $20, barely $9.50. It started off poorly with some of the park closed off or the animals hiding away but it picked up with the "African" section. We spent a fair amount of time there (anything to get away from the Lodge) & it was quite shaded aswell which was alright since it's been the hottest day since we've been here. So back at the Lodge after I checked buses, trains, ferries etc for both Fremantle & Denmark (we're thinking it might be cheaper/easier to go to Denmark instead of Fremantle since Denmark is so close to Albany) we came to the conclusion that we'd be better off just going straight to Albany after Perth & going on the ferry to Fremantle tomorrow. Quite looking forward to it. We just need to get the Albany accommodation extended up to and including & bus down there & we're sorted.