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 Redgate Beach  Like many Americans, I adore the Fourth of July. Our independence day is an excuse to celebrate a country we love, cover our houses/cars/bodies with American flags, cook up bbq feasts and try our hardest not to lose fingers when lighting off fireworks. Australia’s Fourth of July equivalent is Australia Day, happening every 26 January [...]  I’ll admit that sharks can be beautiful. Three years ago, on a visit to Ningaloo Reef, we swam above a school of 1.5m-long reef sharks (see pic to the left). Somehow, my amazement overpowered my fear and I was simply struck by their gracefulness. I felt the same watching this beautiful video taken Tuesday by [...]  I’m a sucker for samples, I’ll be honest. I love nibbling on fresh bread, cheese, chips and salsa while doing the grocery shopping. But that’s not all there is to love about Cottesloe’s Boatshed Market. It’s a foodie’s paradise with aisles packed with gourmet groceries from Australia and abroad.  What was my favourite part of dining at Lamont’s in East Perth? The chocolate, hands down. Yes, the decor was unique (I loved the colorful walls), and the view of the river at sunset, dappled with zippy boats and meandering gondolas, would have been lovely had we been seated within view instead of being placed, [...]  Last Saturday, in desperate need of a break from house-hunting in 38 degree heat, we stumbled across 9 Seeds, a cute café/juice bar/restaurant. It’s located on Marmion St in East Fremantle, just between Coode St and Wilkinson St. A tiny island in a suburban sea, 9 Seeds appears to enjoy a steady stream of business [...] In an age in which common courtesy (you know, the stuff your mom taught you) seems all but forgotten in big cities, it’s refreshing to hear two simple words on the bus in Perth: “Thank you”. And it doesn’t just happen when the bus driver pauses to let the sprinting, soon-to-lose-his-pants teenager catch up to [...]  Ask any non-Western Australian what they think of Perth, and you’ll most likely hear adjectives like boring, quiet or even – gasp - dead. This blog’s mission is to uncover all of what makes Perth, in fact, a great city: from its natural beauty to its cuisine to its people – all from the perspective of this newly arrived [...] This is the most hilarious video of Perth EVER!! I’m not sure what I love more: the daggy music, “revolving prison” or the face the guy makes when he tastes the coffee – but tell me, does anyone actually say “Well, I’ll be [...]  When you spend most of your life living on west coasts – for me it was Seattle and Rome – you take thrilling beach sunsets as a given. It wasn’t until I lived in Melbourne that I started to really miss watching the sun slip into the ocean. While Melburnian sunsets can be spectacular, they [...] |
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