Doing things

 We went out and Did Things today.

First, let me mention that there is no shortage of fish & chips in Perth, or of battered and fried fish generally. After a light breakfast in the room, we got on a free CAT (Central Area Transit) bus and went to King's Park (the same location in it that we had been to before), and had fish sandwiches for lunch. Later we had fish sandwiches at the place across the street from the Adina.

Regarding fish sandwiches, we aren't talking about fish hamburger made into small square patties, a la McDonald's. We're talking fish & chips on a bun instead of with chips. Really good.

Fishburger at King's Park

At King's Park we went into the Botanical Gardens and saw many strange plants, some of which aren't eucalyptus. Australia, like every continent in the world, has flowering plants; but it seems as though many of them haven't yet invented flower petals.


Eucalyptus rhodantha

Adenanthos sericeus (very fuzzy)

Grevillea bipinnatifida

Leucophyta Fiddlesticks (Cushion bush)

We took a CAT bus back to near Elizabeth Quay. Paula bought ferry tickets to Rottnest Island for us, leaving 8:30am Friday--something she wasn't able to do online. We  wandered around the quay a bit.

The wavy line is the pedestrian bridge

Don't look down when walking on this!

There is a footbridge at the quay that we have to cross, sometime before we leave Perth.

Twisty footbridge

We took a CAT back to close to the Adina, then both took naps. I caught Paula's cold, but for me it's just runny nose and eyes and the occasional sneeze. Still, sleep is healing.

After that we went out in the direction away from the pedestrian malls. We found an all-inclusive bar and the cultural center.

Very colorful bar

Moving lights on walkway at cultural center

We also did a load of laundry. Those laundry sheets, which have almost the same dimensions as a slice of packaged cheese, are seriously convenient.

And it's bedtime.

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