Archive for July 20th, 2010

Perth ...

We have come to Perth or rather, Fremantle (3236 S32 44 598 E115). We live in a backpacker place is an old fire station, located next door to the new fire station.

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Old Fire Station Backpackers in Fremantle ...

The first day we arrived, we packed all the things from our bikes and took our place minimal. Then we locked the bikes in the street and sat on the alarm.

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Rebecca and Max when they left the package are to us ...

Rebecca Tolstoy is a Swedish girl who lives here with her husband Tobias and her son Max. They have been so kind and let us use their address to send packages to. So when we came to the hostel in Fremantle where she arrived with packages. Thank you Rebecca for your help ...

In the evening they came and picked us up and we went out o had a beer together at one of the places in Freo (Fremantle). We had a great time.

Once back at the hostel, we had received a message from one of the firemen at the station next door. He did not like our bikes were on the street but the hostel. We called Sam, as he was called, and then it turned out that he thought they were vulnerable there, so it was better if we put them on the fire station where there were locked gates and guard all night. So we drove into them behind the fire station and placed them among the fire trucks ...

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Fireman Sam and Kjell including fire engines. Thank you Sam ....

Kjell could do a little maintenance on the bikes at the fire station yard the day after. He replaced the front brake disc and chain on my (Karin) motorcycle. You could say that it was time for a new trail, the old one had been there over 50 000 km ... The last day to enter the Fremantle creaked alarmingly in the ...

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Here we are all gathered in the kitchen, thanks to a nice dinner ...

On Saturday evening we were invited home to Tolstoy family to eat dinner with them a bit. Very sweet of them to think of us, and invite home to dinner. We had a very enjoyable evening and it felt good to be in a "home".

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Happiness is .... Delicato balls to shop at IKEA in Perth.

Now we have left Perth again and is slowly on its way south. Since we were set on by Tobbe and said goodbye, and then we went to IKEA and Swedish food was a bit, we came away a bit late. Therefore it was that we just drove to Rockingham (S32 16 471 E115 46 892) just south of Perth, but now we are in all cases on the road again ...

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On Tolstoy driveway. Bye Perth ...