Happy New Year!

And g'day from Perth, the capital of western Australia.



We arrived here two days ago and because of the festivities, all we've seen of Perth so far has been the inside of a few shops and Kings Park at night (so really we've not seen much of it, it was too dark).



But we had a great new year's eve. They're a fun bunch at our hostel, The Witch's Hat and our NYE was an evening of drunken revellery at our hostel and on the hill at Kings Park, overlooking the rest of the Perth skyline with about 30 European, Japanese and Australian peeps. A really random fun night of chat, distant fireworks, a loud rendition of Auld Lang Syne and "massage" conga.



Amazingly, we've been drinking much of New Year's Day too. The boxes of cheap plonk left out from yesterday were just too tempting. Tomorrow starts our sightseeing here, and then we'll move on. We've met a few people chartering cars, who we could travel with. North or south? Who knows...