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Kagoshima Park

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    • Day 18

      Party Hard - Our Last Day Together

      May 31, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 18 °C

      For our last day, we had planned another walking tour with Two Feet and a Heartbeat. But first, we went to King's Park and had a very good view from up there over Perth. And as coincidence wanted, it was Reconsiliation Week, so we could experience a memorial upon the fallen Aboriginal people, listen to didgeridoo animal music and see a bunch of youngsters dance to it. I was sad that we haven't experienced much more from the Aboriginal culture.
      However, we had to get to our walking tour, so the bus drove back into town and left us with the Founder of TFaaH, Ryan.
      He was way more professional and good in his job, so it was quite nice to follow him around town and learn a bit of history. Not much that I could remember now, though. I just remember that the reason the London Court was built, was to get more English people to invest into the very much unwanted colony of Perth, by looking like a little piece of England. Humans just like familiar things and obviously it worked out.
      After the tour found an end, we had some free time in the city, so Lana and I looked for lunch and found some very good Ramen place. Afterwards, we headed back to where the bus would pick us up to bring us back to the Crown Metropol. For the first time, the bus was before its departure time and we would have nearly missed it. Luckily, we were able to catch them at the red traffic lights.
      We had a couple of hours to chill and make ourselves ready for the big gala tonight. I had a wonderfully long bath, soaking all my stressed bones and muscles, finally relaxing a bit. Then it was time to meet up and we were escorted into the Crown Mansion.
      That was really a Mansion, hidden behind several gangways and doors. Here, Justin Bieber and PINK, had stayed for a while and you could see why. It was huge! Three master bedrooms with balconies and bathrooms (each having a whirlpool like tub, a Japanese style toilet, a shower and a make up table), two offices, a "childrens" bedroom including the bathroom, a sauna, a gym, an enormous living room with terrace and pool downstairs, a gallery like upstairs living room with billiard and a bar. Holy shit that must be expensive to rent out!
      I was fascinated by this place and extremely thankful that I could experience it without paying any money for it.
      We got a warm welcome from Neale, the CEO of HelloWorld and a bunch of other people from Tourism Australia, Western Australia Tourism, Ats Pacific etc.
      But what was special, was the first real Welcome by an Aboriginal Elder. She shared her tribes songline with us and greeted us the most traditional way. That was super cool.
      After every speech was done, we could finally party. I'm not much of a dancer, but I loved seeing all of my (now) friends enjoy themselves. Module 2 was really the fun group though, as the women from Module 1 (because it was all just women) were rather hesitant and quiet.
      As I didn't like to dance, I rather explored the huge mansion with Lana. Neale has said we should feel at home and so we did. We jumped on the master bedrooms bed, played football with a ball shaped cushion, took photos at the photo booth, stole the very heavy and nice pens and did some acrobatics in the gym. It was so much fun!
      There was only a little bad taste to it and that was the food. The entrees where alright and half of them vegetarian. However, the main barbecue was just meat (and three salad leaves). Betty and I asked for some veggie food and got some very dry, disgusting tasting pastries that we couldn't swallow at all. What a shame it was.
      It was also shit that they threw us out at 11pm already. Because of "safety" reasons. What bullocks is that? Everyone was really pissed (at least from Module 2) and so we decided to stay together on our last day for some more time. We wanted to go to the Casino but wouldn't be let in because they thought we were either too drunk (most actually weren't) or we couldn't present a valid ID (they would only accept Australian ID or our Passports... please). So, after another 30min discussion, we headed to Lisas room and just sat down talking. I got very tired around 2am, so I left the after party. Just in time though, as shortly after that, security came to Lisas room and smashed the party. But my people were smarter. They just went a floor down to yet another ones room and sat together until 4am. Good times, good times. I'd really gonna miss these bunch of people. We became so close in the last 12 days, it was weird thinking we'd split up again and maybe never ever see each other again. So Lisa got the word round, that we should all come together next year for a Reunion. We'll see how this turns out. However, I met a bunch of great people around the world, that I might be able to visit one day in their home countries.
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    • Day 20

      Covid - Planning

      June 2, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

      Today I woke up at 6am to read Autopias response that they could obviously not take me with them. I took another RAT, again positive right away. I called the Healthdirect to ask them how and where I could get a PCR test for my insurance. After calling a bunch of different GPs and Medical Centres, I finally found one where I could get a needed referral from. I had to pay the Northbridge Medical Centre $90 for a two minutes telecall appointment, but I've got my referral. They also told me, where the closest location would be to get my PCR test done. I called them, asking whether I could come without an appointment. Then I asked James to ask whether the room was available for staying another night. Then I hurried to the Clinical Labs collection centre, paid another $150 to get tested and went straight back to my hotel room. Now, the only real thing I could do, was to wait. And pray, that the test would really turn out to be positive, so that the HanseMerkur would pay for everything... Otherwise, I would be in debt very shortly. I tried to busy myself with texting the two tour operators with whom I booked some day trips. One could be refunded 100%, the other one would be 100% cancellation fee. Hoping, praying. I asked Christian back in Germany to look for flights and how much it would cost to rebook to a sooner date. Why stay here, being ill?
      I really didn't feel good at all. I had fever come in waves, my heart raced again and again, my nose was blocked, I had a huge headache and I felt rather weak in general. I wanted to get home, as soon as possible. I didn't mind the 24 hour flight, I just wanted to recover properly between my loved ones.
      I got a phone call from reception that I should come and pay the hotel bill, which I did. $195 including corporate benefit... That was really expensive. Shit. Praying again.
      As I needed to stay at least one more night anyway, I booked myself an airport hotel for the next night. With that, I'd be as close as possible, so to get the earliest flight to get me out of here as soon as I could.
      I went to the supermarket to get myself some food and was completely done afterwards. It really was tough having Covid.
      For tonight, I enjoyed the bathtub yet again. I'd really miss that. But nothing could best the approaching feeling to finally be home again.
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    • Day 3

      Perth Tour

      September 12, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

      Erster volle Tag in Perth und wir machen als erstes eine halbtags Tour mit dem Bus. Wir wurden um 7:50 Uhr abgeholt und zu einen Treffpunkt gefahren, von da ging es mit einem anderen Bus dann los.

    • Day 48

      Busselton to Crown Towers! 🤩🤩🤩

      May 31, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 20 °C

      Okay….so we might’ve outdone ourselves here. After having been so lucky and blessed to be on this amazing trip, we went ahead and really spoiled ourselves - Crown Towers 🤩

      We had earlier in the trip cut Hamelin Bay a day short and brought Busselton forward to give us an extra day in Perth but hadn’t changed the Perth booking. This meant a spare night that had to be booked - Crown Towers it is!

      The trip from Busso to Perth was broken up by a coffee stop in Bunbury, which looked nice so I think we’ll have to return. It was a nice easy trip to Perth, kept entertained by all the things to see along the way as it’s pretty much built up the whole way in.

      We quickly parked up the van in Coogee and headed to Crown. What can I say - what a place to stay. We made the most of it with room service, baths (with tv over it), a swim and a look around the casino.
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    • Day 13

      Perth

      June 9, 2021 in Australia

      Day 13 dropped the van off for the 10,000km service today and pick up tomorrow. Having a nice night in a hotel in the City. Had brekky in Fremantle then drove back to the city via Cottesloe, Obh, Swanbourne, Mt Claremont ( I grew up here ), Claremont , Dalkeith (jutland pde, mega rich houses). It was good seeing the old stomping grounds. I am really surprised the dodgy Davies road flats still exist and look as dodgy as they did in the 70s. Some places unrecognisable now and some places look like they haven’t changed.Read more

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