Burns Beach and Perth 30/9/15 - 2/10/15
We had booked the Jeep in for another service in the northern suburbs of Perth and therefore had to stay on a proper caravan park for a couple of nights. Burns Beach wasn’t bad, just way overpriced. A powered side, a hot shower and view onto the water including sunset for $51 per night… okay, there was a playground on the other side of the road and a coffee shop (run by the owner of the caravan park). Anyway, the service went well – air con is working again, the air filter was clogged up by red dust :-) We spent the ‘service day’ with our old friend Christin and Sarah loved it! Playing ball, building sand castles, eating mini-muffins, showing Christin her newest book or talking about adventures on the road. What a lovely, relaxing day.
Next day we took the train to Perth, CBD. What a difference to Brisbane: You can buy a family day ticket, pay cash, catch a train every 15 min, and it’s not freezing cold in the train. First we wanted to see Kings Park, one of the biggest inner-city parks in the world. Well, we only saw a small part of it but it was a lovely walk – even though Sarah was very tired after that big day before. Martin and Sarah went to the Gallery – we bought a book called ‘Katie and the Sunflowers’ and it’s about a little girl and her adventures in an art gallery looking at post-impressionist paintings. Afterwards we played outside at an artificial wetland before we caught a train home. We didn’t see much of Perth’s CBD but most of it looked like other cities: big building towers, too many people in suits, too much noise and the old range of shops. Still our impression of the public transport system is very good.
Next morning we drove off. It was Saturday so we checked if there was a market somewhere close. We found the Wanneroo Markets, a 7 day per week permanent market hall but it had some good fruit and veg stalls, a free jumping castle and good coffee – what else do we need?
This is for my mum: We passed through Brunswick on our way to Bunbury. We didn’t stop but I just had to take a picture. Home, sweet home!