Perth and area , South Australia

February 28, 2009

Landed at Perth at 8:30 a.m. Picked up the rental car and headed for the City centre to pick up a package sent by our daughter Charlotte (did I mention that she is really a good daughter – handling all of our mail etc while we are gone).

If you didn’t already know American Express will let cardholders have mail delivered to their offices worldwide for later pickup. This was a lot more important 20 years ago but still has its place especially if you are always on the move – like us.

Perth seems a nice City with a small pedestrian mall downtown. Seems to be lots of construction going on around and in the City. Someone told us that if we liked Adelaide (which we did) then we would like Perth. Not sure if that applies but it is a smaller town then Melborne or Sydney and seems to have an independent streak. Of course, it is a really long ways from any other big city so maybe that is justified.

Spent the first night in a caravan park near Freemantle (a beach style suburb of Perth). Freemantle is really quite interesting with lots of small shops, street musicians and over priced restaurants. However, anyplace with three used bookshops is fine by me.