Tag: Perth

I thought that I would be on the road, heading north by now. Unfortunately the first ride I managed to find was cancelled because the vehicle broke down, so I have been waiting around in Perth, trying to find another group of people who are headed north. I think I may have found a ride that will leave in a few days, but I need to go and meet the guy who has the van before anything is set in stone. Fingers crossed I will have left Perth by this time next week.

Earlier this week the website went down, for about 3 days, because of a file being corrupted. The site is back up now, but without my theme applied, but the content is all still there for people to see. I’ll hopefully have my theme back on there as soon as possible. I have also closed down my old Youtube channel and opened another one, so anyone who had subscribed to the old one, can re-subscribe from the following link. ( Youtube Channel )

As much as I love being here in this house with my awesome housemates, I am really ready to get moving again, so I can start using my new camera and GoPro. Hopefully there isn’t much longer to wait.

Week 107 was basically made up of me working, but I finished work on Wednesday, as it was the end of July and my contract was over. So now I am getting ready to travel north and follow the coast around Australia towards Melbourne. I have managed to find a group of people who are driving north and I can join them to split the petrol costs. It was kinda strange to leave work, I have been there for about 5 months and I really got to like the people I was working with. What is going to be stranger still, is leaving the house I have been living in. The people here are really great, the atmosphere in the house is so relaxed and friendly, it really has been a home from home, but It will be great to be on the road again, meeting new people, experiencing new places and getting some new pictures and videos to put on the website.

Since I finished work I have been working on the website and I finally wrote the content for my Africa trip (Click here to take a look). Now I need to sort through my video clips and start uploading things to Youtube.

It has been a long time since I did my last blog post, mostly because I haven’t been doing anything particularly interesting. Not that I haven’t been enjoying my time here, I have, but its not really anything worth writing home about. I have been living in a nice big tent in the backyard of one of the coolest places I have stayed. The constant stream of new people coming and going, from different places all around the world, give the house a great atmosphere. I really do count myself lucky to have found this place at the start of my time in Australia. But the weather has changed in Perth, we are now in the middle of the coldest time of year (which isn’t really all that cold), combined with the fact that I have spent 5 of my 12 months here in Perth, I feel that it is time to move.

I am still working for the Department of Water doing IT work for them and managing to save a reasonable amount of money each week, but this job is ending at the end of the month, so I will be looking for a cheap way to travel north along the west coast of Australia and up into the Northern Territory. I’m hoping to find a car of travellers who have a spare seat and we can just share the petrol costs.

Last week was the two year anniversary of the start of my trip, thank you to the people who sent me celebratory messages. I am still working on the site, writing the content, trying to catch up with myself, but I am looking forward to being able to add new pictures and videos as I move around Australia. Still a couple of weeks before that happens though.

It’s been a while since I last updated the blog, this is mostly because I haven’t been doing anything particularly interesting. I have been flying around Western Australia upgrading the computers in the Department of Water offices. It has been quite nice to see a few different towns, especially as it gives me a chance to take a look at places that I can visit when I start to travel north.

Last week I found out that the project I am contracted for will finish after another week. Which was good because I am starting to get a little fed up of not moving around, but also a bad thing, because I have been spending the money I have been making as soon as I get it. I worked out that if I stop buying things, then I should have around $3000 to travel north. So I wasn’t overly worried, but then on Wednesday things changed again. Although the project has finished they have asked if I will stay on to work on another project, I agreed because its a great chance to make more money, but I still want to get on the road again as soon as possible.

Flying up north for work has shown me how much nicer the weather is up there compared to Perth, it is getting colder and wetter here. So much so that today I have had to empty my tent to clean the carpet and bedding. My tent is water proof if I prepare it, but while I was away this week it rained a lot and part of my tent leaked. When I got back I noticed it smelled damp, but last night I noticed that although my bed feels dry, when you lay on it and it compresses, it is actually quite wet. Hopefully everything will dry before I have to sleep again tonight.

I will probably continue to hold off on my updates until I start to travel again, so that I can write about something more interesting than going to work {:0)