4 months - Perth/WA/New Zealand
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- mechris
In a weeks time my wife and i are leaving the chilly northwest of england and going to Western Australia (based in Perth where she is from) and New Zealand (which i havent visited for about 14 years) for an extended trip.. leaving the illusion of security of jobs etc.. and heading out for nearly 4 months.
Any cool stuff to see and do in the Perth/WA area? And any neat new stuff or even neat old stuff in Aotearoa?
its been a while since i was in nz.. but we're hiring a campervan so we can get about a bit..Any suggestions?
Thank you kindly...
- agentfour0
Perth:
cool shop/gallery
http://www.keithandlottie.com/Sneaker shop:
http://www.highsandlows.net.au/Places to eat/drink/hang out:
Leedeville
Mt LawleyIf youre going to perth, best thing you can do is get a car and drive to margaret river, visit the winerys, grab a surfboard and hit the beach....even if you dont surf, hit the beach.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wes…
oh and get on a ferry and go to rottnest island for a day and do some snorkeling/diving.
some inspiration
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wes…
- mechris0
cool ... thanks agentfour!! I just re-read my post! euch! sorry.. it doesnt express how excited i am!!! Im getting REAL excited!! Finding it hard to sleep! WoW! We've been talking about this for the longest time.. so its a little surreal that its actually arrived..
Will defo look at getting a car in perth .. and scoot to the places suggested.. This looks awesome!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wes…
Cheers!
- slappy0
Be sure to hit Fremantle too.
If you are heading south I can recommend a few wineries, I head down a few times a year.
As agentfour said
Leederville
Mt Lawleyand also hit
Cottesloe
Hillaries
Claremont
Fremantle
ScarboroughTry and stay out of trouble in Northbridge at night, can get a bit leary.
- slappy0
Oh yeah in NZ be sure to spend plenty of time in Queenstown if you are in the south Island, it rocks so hard. Mt Cook and Fox Glazier are also outstanding.
Wellington and Christchurch are also pretty fun. Eat plenty of lamb shanks and salmon, they go off in NZ.
I have photos of NZ and Perth up on my site under photography section. They have captions with the place names too.
You will have fun!
- agentfour0
Nice photos mate!
- slappy0
Cheers!
- mechris0
thanks all.. looks awesome.. loving those photos.. roll on next week!!!
- forcetwelve0
head to margaret river and dont look back.
- Bottlerocket0
love those photos too.
I can't add anything to what anyone has said here, even though I grew up in perth.
However, shot 4 of that set.....I had my best days fishing at that very spot one march. Caught and released 1 dozen Australian 'Salmon' all in excess of a kilo each in about 4 hours.