The lovely start was too good...
Flight to Perth fine except for John who fainted twice! and nobody had mentioned "blood" or "needles"! I think it was because we were trying to save on buying lunch at airport, hoping we would get fed on plane and then plane eventually left 2 hours late. By that time of course we were ravenous...
At Perth we were told tandem was still in Dubai. Apparently missed the connection. When we eventually collected it after a night spent on benches at airport it was in such a state John had to use his ingenuity to mend a broken mud guard and crooked bits everywhere. We ventured out of the airport only to find that we weren't where we thought (the international airport is at the other end of the domestic airport) and after much meandering, cycled along the Swan River, found Perth and a delicious and cheap Japanese lunch, bought maps and zoomed down to Freemantle before dark. Excellent cycle paths! Put tent up and went to sleep. Parrots squwaking everywhere, even noisier than the Isle of Wight seagulls, Anna! Next day I had such a rotten cold-couldn't breathe move eat or anything, tandeming was out of question so we stayed put until this morning.
Anyway... we are here now, passing through Rockingham, quiet little town by the Indian Ocean, having left Freemantle this morning at 9.15. We are hoping to cycle another 30km to Jarrahdale where a mountain bike (!) track starts.
Best bits so far:
Seeing a pelican and 2 black swans on Swan River. The huge black and white parrots flying around the campsite. The songs of birds in the morning. The organic supermarket - I wanted to buy everything, John let me buy a delcious jar of honey. And the absolutely wonderful flowering trees and strange grasses and the blue of the Indian Ocean.
Worst bit: my cold...
Flight to Perth fine except for John who fainted twice! and nobody had mentioned "blood" or "needles"! I think it was because we were trying to save on buying lunch at airport, hoping we would get fed on plane and then plane eventually left 2 hours late. By that time of course we were ravenous...
At Perth we were told tandem was still in Dubai. Apparently missed the connection. When we eventually collected it after a night spent on benches at airport it was in such a state John had to use his ingenuity to mend a broken mud guard and crooked bits everywhere. We ventured out of the airport only to find that we weren't where we thought (the international airport is at the other end of the domestic airport) and after much meandering, cycled along the Swan River, found Perth and a delicious and cheap Japanese lunch, bought maps and zoomed down to Freemantle before dark. Excellent cycle paths! Put tent up and went to sleep. Parrots squwaking everywhere, even noisier than the Isle of Wight seagulls, Anna! Next day I had such a rotten cold-couldn't breathe move eat or anything, tandeming was out of question so we stayed put until this morning.
Anyway... we are here now, passing through Rockingham, quiet little town by the Indian Ocean, having left Freemantle this morning at 9.15. We are hoping to cycle another 30km to Jarrahdale where a mountain bike (!) track starts.
Best bits so far:
Seeing a pelican and 2 black swans on Swan River. The huge black and white parrots flying around the campsite. The songs of birds in the morning. The organic supermarket - I wanted to buy everything, John let me buy a delcious jar of honey. And the absolutely wonderful flowering trees and strange grasses and the blue of the Indian Ocean.
Worst bit: my cold...
Glad you both arrived safely and best of luck on the rest of your journey!
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