A weekend to remember

We had such a good night on Friday, we went into Northbridge to an Italian restaurant where we got chatting to the pizza chef, a guy who had only been in Perth for a month, from his home in Ischia. We spent some time bemoaning the ingredients he had to work with - plastic cheese rather than the lovely Italian hard cheeses and mozzarella. He was such a lovely man, he is liking Perth because he earns much more than he can in Italy. After leaving the restaurant we made our way to the Moon and Sixpence for a small beverage, there was an English band on, they were really good, we had a little bop! You can't beat a bit of Oasis!!
On Saturday we went back to Fremantle and saw the tall ships properly. The markets are superb, loads of quirky and very lovely things which I coveted but applied the retail brakes and did not buy. Great food stalls, we shared a Turkish feta and spinach gozleme and mushroom paella. Sublime.




After a stint - about 2 hours - in the Maritime Museum, which had an amazing wildlife photography competition exhibition on, we found ourselves drawn by the music to a huge warehouse, which is home to the Little Creatures brewery. It is massive, with big silver vats down each side, you can see into the working brewery, and bars and a restaurant down the middle. A couple of pints of Bright ale, marinated octopus, creamy hummus and a huge silver pot of chips later and we boarded the train back to Perth. I feel I have eaten loads today!!
Super fit Sunday! We woke up to beautiful blue skies and hot sunshine so took a couple of bikes and cycled alongside the Swan river, the path goes on for miles. We cycled out of Perth and through the city of Vincent and beyond, through nature reserves, children's playgrounds, suburbs and countryside till eventually deciding to turn round and make our way back.




We arrived at an old jetty and spent a pleasant 30 minutes watching boats go by and the odd fishermen before getting back on our bikes. The next port of call was a development around what had been a small riverside port, now surrounded by picture perfect townhouses and bars. We only stopped for a coffee but reasoned that as it was after 12 noon why not have brunch - so Eggs Benedict for two was ordered, beautiful! After cycling 28km altogether, and depositing our bikes back at the hotel, we ventured again into Kings Park. Our walk took us through some pretty impressive bush, amazing to think we were only 10 mins from the CBD as we left the park.
Today, Monday, we left the hotel and began our journey to the airport. Onto our next plane, this time a Qantas flight and in 2 1/2 hours we landed at Alice Springs. First impressions? Dry, red and dusty but very pretty with towering rock formations around it. It's as the Americans and Aussies would say - awesome!
We are now another 1 1/2 hours in front so no sooner checked into out hotel and we meandered round to find something to eat. There are lots of Aborigine folk around, many art galleries and paintings being sold on the street. Lots of security everywhere too, as many people seem to have had a drink or two! Takeaway pizza it is then!
I think the exploring starts tomorrow.
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Location:Todd Street,Alice Springs,Australia