Thursday 26 April 2012

ANZAC Day, Perthhhhh

Note: The formatting is being weird. The Australia New Zealand Army Corps (Day.) It's like Rememberance Day but for Aussie/New Zealanders. For a brief history, consult this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_and_New_Zealand_Army_Corps because I am far too lazy to type anything out. Veteran swag. Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled That's it for ANZAC Day. Here are some photos of Perth with no context! Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Yaaaay, that's it! Perth has been relatively quiet. Not doing much in the hostel, except saving money. I also injured my ankle from hopping over a fence that was *SURPRISE* a further drop on the other side than I expected. I got some crutches though, which will make me an easy target for robbery in Thailand. So if I don't update my blog in Thailand...send help. Or a text. Send a text first, that might be safer.

Friday 13 April 2012

Adelaide to Perth, the stops in between, some tuna and spiders.

So after about 45 minutes in Adelaide I decided Adelaide sucks. Maybe I was just in a bad mood after being on a bus next to a guy that smelled like stale cigarettes and sewage and he kept breathing on me as he generated (un)interesting facts about river trout.

Either way, Adelaide wasn't the best. So I left.

I put up an ad on a website asking for a ride to Perth. Within an hour I got a reply so that was convenient. Met up with a Dutch guy named Marius and a German dude named David (he owned the car. Ford Falcon, aw yeah.) A day later, we left.

Not all of these photos are in chronological order because they uploaded in a weird order on Flickr and I don't care.

A national park of some sort!

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I walked into this spider. You can't really tell how big it is, but let's just say when I hit it with my face, I thought I ran into a stick and not at all a large spider Untitled

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This rock looks like a pig
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We almost stepped on this guy. I'm convinced it's the most poisonous snake in the world and we dodged it's lighting quick fangs of super doom.
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The next one is a shot of the "caves." Too bad they weren't real caves, just slight rock overhangs with crayon drawings on them.

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Crayon drawings!

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We got into the town of Port Lincoln and wanted to shark dive. I guess they only do the great white cage diving on certain days otherwise it makes the sharks too vain and narcissistic or something. So we swam with tuna instead. Not as cool, but pretty neat. They were juvenile tuna weighing around 120 pounds or so, and whenever you'd say something nice to them they'd just flip their hair back and say "whatever."

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They throw anchovies at you to catch and feed them. It scares the piss out of you whenever they swim from nowhere and grab it. If you don't wear gloves, they'll cut you up something fierce. (Marius catching one)

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Sea foam. It's foamy.

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Another giant spider Marius almost walked into while taking a leak.
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Normal gas pump? Yeah sure, but the price...
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Bunda Cliffs!

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Our pimp-mobile
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Lucky Bay. White sand so pristine it squeaks when you walk on it. Highly annoying.

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David being violated by an evil man-eating rape kangaroo
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This says "Jesus died for our sins and now is risen" (I wrote the LOL! part.)
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Yeee, mo' art, mo' problems
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The happy couple. David always has his eyes closed for some reason.
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We climbed this. I'll have a picture from the top later. (Frenchman's Peak)
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Vintage car show in Albany. It cost $10 to get in, or if you're thrifty like me; stand on the outside and zooooooom in.
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Rock climbers!

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We climbed this sucka. It was tall.
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Flocks of what I think are Black Cockatoos everywhere on the road. Earlier, a flock of parrots flew into the car on the highway and at least one definitely died. Fun parrot fact: a lot of them are stupid.

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That's pretty much it for now. I'll have more of Perth and some panoramic shots later. Too lazy right now.