large town WA

Ok once again i have fallen behind but then there is not much to report Perth was great just the break i needed, generally hanging out around the park going for walks and a few beers in the evenings with a great crowd from the backpackers i was staying in.  A couple observations about Perth

1. A irishman i met had a great saying, it is not just that people from WA (Western Australia) don't like to work hard it is that they don't like to work
2. Adherance to the rules seems to be a state sport; nobody j-walks, id procedures to get in ot a bar are incredible only accepted forms of id (drivers licence or passport) which is par for the course but then they scan your id and take a photo of you.  I expect this at immigration but to get into the pub?
3. You can't think of Perth as a city, it is a big town i.e. things will happen when they happen "no hurry"
4. They have a brilliant train system and free buses around town yet there is no public transport that goes to the airport.  (not even an expensive tourist bus the only way to get there is a taxi, or shuttle which charges 90% of the cost of a taxi, and i thought that Auckland was backwards in this regard). 
5. Despite my perception that Perth is a dry, dusty desert city it rained most days i was there.

So all in all Perth wasn't what i expected i really thought it would would be a big bustlling city with mining types wandering around with bulging pockets and dust every where.  What i found was a quaint large town with a couple of skyscrapers stuck in the middle (as if by mistake they didn't really fit with the place)

As regards tourist attractions; they were all there but i just didn't feel like visiting them.  Freemantle was nice but i enjoyed sitting in a cafe watchign the world go by with my ice coffe more than the old prison. There is a cool art gallery and heaps of things like the pinaccles rock formations that would be great to vist, i heard nothing but good things about the winery tours swan river and margret river.  I would like to go back and visit everything there is to see but i just wasn't in the mood this time.

OK the above will do really must let a few people know about this blog as i guess it is pretty pointless writting it unless i tell somebody about it.