Archive for June, 2008

WA, Australia

24Jun08

Subiaco, WA – Tri-Nation Rugby We went to watch Australia vs. South Africa for a Tri-Nation Rugby match at the Subiaco Oval. I’ve posted photos here. South Perth, WA South Perth is where we are going to live, so have been spending a lot of time in the area. I’ve posted photos here. South Perth [...]

Perth, Australia

17Jun08

It turns out, besides standing for ‘Western Australia’, WA is also short for ‘Wait Awhile’. Everything moves slowly around here and customer service sucks. In my opinion, this is largely due to service not being rewarded by tips. It seems the service industry pays really well (an effort to keep everyone closer to middle class [...]

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

13Jun08

Well, Kelly and I are officially living in Perth, Australia now. We left on Tuesday, June 2 and arrived late on Thursday, June 5. Fortunately we weren’t flying for 4 days straight, but aside from our full day in Fiji, it really felt like it. Our iternary was: Monday – Calgary -> LA Monday – [...]




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