Western Australian delights

We went to Western Australia for our October holiday - the world was reeling under the impact of the 2008 financial tsunami and Australia was no exception to this. The Australian Dollar fell by more than 15% the day we arrived in Perth! Was it meant to encourage us to shop more while we were there? The cynic in us does think this is the case. :-)

The 7 hour flight from Hong Kong to Perth went past quite uneventfully. What was remarkable about this flight was that the route was a straight vertical line from north to south - we traveled 7 hours without changing timezones! Hrrrrmppph!!! The least we could have been given for all the trouble we took was some jetlag, but were denied this!

In Perth, we stayed at the Medina Grand at the Perth Convention Centre (on the edge of downtown). The hotel had apartment accommodation and we soon found ourselves (suckers to domesticity, as we are) making coffee in the kitchen and doing the laundry! The next day, we began exploring Perth, and you can read all about it here.


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