Vandaag vier ik mijn eerste verjaardag in Perth. Helemaal alleen! Dat is, thuis ben ik alleen, maar op straat is het een heuse feest. Het is ook een nationale (in Western Australia dan) vrije dag. Vanaf vandaag begint de Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) hier in Perth met als voorzitter en uber-opperhoofd Queen Elizabeth II. Vrijdag t/m zondag is er van alles te doen in Perth. Natuurlijk veel buiten activiteiten, want onze lente is in volle bloei.
In honour of this event, probably the last time that the Queen will visit Oz land, they produced a golden coin of over 1.000 kg. Might have been better to take the money, AUD $ 53 million, and put it to good use on the public transport sytem here in Perth. Within the CBD you're able to access all places very well by (free) public transport, but as soon as you need to travel > 3 km out of the city the necessity of a car surfaces. Also after 7.00 pm weekdays or weekend, the frequency of public transport slows down to less than once every hour!
We hebben ons zelf wijsgemaakt, dat een auto toch echt noodzakelijk is, dus hebben we een oude Ford KA uit 2000 laten kopen in New South Wales (de staat waarin Sydney ligt) en op de transport hier naartoe laten zetten. Over een week zullen we de auto vanaf een depot in Perth kunnen afhalen. Chris komt op 14 november voor een kort bezoekje, dus kunnen we de directe omgeving met hem per auto gaan verkennen.
Now it's time to leave home and enjoy the festivities in the city, which has been closed of for most transport since Monday, due to security reasons. Well because of CHOGM i had the oppertunity to see (not meet) Premier Julia Gillard on Tuesday and the husband (Prins Phillip) of Queen Elizabeth on Thursday while they were visiting the University of Western Australia. So much for exciting highlights...
vrijdag 28 oktober 2011
zaterdag 15 oktober 2011
Perth Rocks......with oldies
Just 2 blocks behind our apartment is the NIB Stadium Perth, where they host special musical events. We received a letter from the city telling us that there is a line up of events during the coming weeks and also on the weekend which may cause some noise nuisance and also problem with car parking. In order to reduce the nuisance they provided each household with free parking vouchers for your visitors. Without these tickets in your window shield you risk a fine.
We of course thaught it would not be such a big deal; after all when you look a the list of artist, most of whom you automatically assumed that they were death and gone for ages, how many people will visit. Artists like Def Leppard,Stevie Nicks, Meat Loaf, Rod Stewart are just some names from the very distant past. So who's gonna visit them?? So wrong we were!! Like rats they flocked from all over to see these mummy's perform. Conclusion: Perth rocks with oldies.
And now rumour has it that Madonna is visiting Perth, yet another old bat.
ADELE.....where are you??????
We of course thaught it would not be such a big deal; after all when you look a the list of artist, most of whom you automatically assumed that they were death and gone for ages, how many people will visit. Artists like Def Leppard,Stevie Nicks, Meat Loaf, Rod Stewart are just some names from the very distant past. So who's gonna visit them?? So wrong we were!! Like rats they flocked from all over to see these mummy's perform. Conclusion: Perth rocks with oldies.
And now rumour has it that Madonna is visiting Perth, yet another old bat.
ADELE.....where are you??????
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