Perth (I'll try to be brief and little by little catch this thing up to speed)

Alright so after Alice Springs we headed over West to Perth. It is the last major city that we planned on visiting that we hadn't yet (that means that soon enough it will no longer be a WE in these sentences :(. ) . We arrived in Perth on the 13th and for the most part our trip to this city ended up being more of a reunion with some old faces. We first went out for lunch with our friend Nozomi, who we met in Mooloolaba. She took us out to a Japanese restaurant and Amanda tried tuna and sushi... pretty big day. Then later on in the week we met up with the Scottish girls a couple of times... even squeezed in a movie night... little things that you take for granted at home. On one of our last nights we went to one of the many Karaoke restaurants in the area and I sang a duet (which means I actually sang into a microphone! Let me just say that that took many months of preparation for me to actually do it... luckily no casualties and therefore no regrets). The next day Amanda and I took the train to Fremantle, which is a city close by, so that we could check out their market (which was decent, but we weren't overly in the mood to do any serious shopping - the town itself is very beautiful and looks like a classically restored town). Aside from that Perth was just a quick stop in our tour over here... although we did begin training in Perth. And Michelle you had better watch out because we are both planning on entering the half-marathon this year.
Miss you all terribly. Take care, Amanda & Ryan