Thursday 4th - Sunday 7th

Thurs - I had to phone our Albany accommodation to see if we could extend our stay up til sunday which meant using a payphone. First time the woman couldnt hear me so I tried again but it didn't connect. We headed down to the payphone next to where we were getting the cruise from (it's quieter) but it still didnt work after 2 more attempts. I wasted like $3-4 so I thought fuck it, I'll do it later. Then more bad news-we'd missed the cruise by minutes & the next one wasnt for 2 hours. There wasn't much point waiting since we would only have 3 hours so after 15minutes of disappointment of having to find something else to do Dar suggested we get the train to Freo. Brilliant idea. It was only$3.50 each way (so much better than spending $28 on a cruise.) As we got off the train at Fremantle & started walking down the street I noticed the hostel that we had planned to stay at. This got us thinking that we could still go to Freo after all. After wandering about for a bit we finally decided to go for it & book the room. It seems like an awesome place so here's hoping. After attempting to walk to North Freo beach (too far) we got the train back whilst having to endure some drunk has-been surfer and his ex-rugby star mate. I went to bed early that night while Dar stayed up til 5am with a guy called Lockey drinking haha.

Fri - We went into the centre to grab some munch and kill some time but Dar's card wouldn't work. Shite times. It seems everyday we have to deal with something shite. The Commonwealth Bank couldnt help so Dar phoned his mum & it turned out the Bank of Scotland had frozen his account because he used his card abroad. Thing is he specifically set up that account (had meetings etc) so that that wouldnt happen. We eventually ended up trying to find East Perth Terminal so we could buy bus tickets to Albany. It took us fucking ages. We took the long way round by mistake because the maps in Perth are pish. We got them though so we're off to Albany at 9am on wednesday. We got back and Dar got the number for the Fraud Squad but it didnt work! So his mum had to go back to the bank and it turns out the bank themselves could have sorted it so all he had to do was wait 24 hours for it to be cool. Freestyling Ian & his mate got a carton (crate) of beer so we tore through them. Dar went to bed about 10 and me & Pete ended up going out with a girl from Rhode Island called Kim. The 3 of us went to Fenian's (no joke) for a drink then went on a mission to find a Bottle Shop (off license) but they were all closed. So we went back to the hostel and had a bit more to drink before going up to Northbridge to a place called "The Shed" to meet some Glaswegian that Kim was meeting. Me and Pete didnt like him much. After that we (them) tried to find a karaoke bar but they were all shut. By this point I was fairly steaming so I ended up practically throwing myself over a fence when i misjudged the jump to find a place to piss...in front of everyone too! Just got a taxi home, got to bed about 4am...i think.

Sat - Got woken up at 10.15am by Dar saying that we had to check out. What a mind fuck. Didn't know what was going on. Turns out we had worked out the day we had to check out wrongly...Luckily the girl who worked there was sound (by far the coolest member of staff there) & we got other rooms & didnt lose our deposit. I just had a shower and finished off a book i nicked from the "Games Room" at the Lodge. Dar checked his card but it still wasnt working...our joint funds are running low since i didnt manage to get my bank card before i got out here. It was all good though, they'd just frozen his account again because he was topping up his phone...ironically enough to phone them to sort out the freezing in the first place. He got it sorted though and we watched Never Say Never Again (overlooked comedy :P) and i crashed out.

Sun - Checked out, grabbed some breakfast & got the train. There was a guy opposite us who kept twitching every time he listened to music...I almost burst out laughing thinking of what he was listening to. No one answered when we got to the Old Fire Station so we chilled at the park for a bit then headed back. They fucked me over saying that i only paid $20 deposit when I'd actually paid $40! Cunts. Went out for a bit, got a few pints at Rosie O Grady's, got a carry out and headed back to the OFS. I got blazing, talked to too many people so i remember like 5-10 names but don't know who they belong to...Met a sound Swedish guy though, possibly the coolest person I've met over here. Crashed out early (if you know me then you know that i can't put here why i did...)