Began the day with two big bowls of cereal, complete with freshly sliced banana topping. Delicious, healthy and fuel for the big day ahead. We exited the hostel and walked to the train station, bought tickets and hopped on the next train to Fremantle. Fremantle is a suburb of Perth and is the end of the line for the train. We hopped off and walked through an artsy little district of cafes and shops until we reached the beach. The beach and water weren't overly impressive looking, but we were standing and staring at the Indian Ocean. Checked that one off the list and walked along the shore in the waves (and surprisingly cold water). Because the beach was dirty and empty, we walked through the city until we reached North Fremantle, which had a much nicer, albeit nearly as quiet beach. I got a picture with a street team for Suncorp Bank who were handing out water and sunblock and needed to prove they had given stuff out to people today (haha reminded me of Wired). We sat on the beach for a bit, but the wind was really strong and essentially sandblasted us, which prompted us to move along. Back into the city we walked further along the coast up to Cottesloe main beach, which was very busy and the sun was baking down. Put down towels on the grass, ate lunch and napped a bit, but soon enough we were annoyed by the strong winds (probably about 30 km/hr steady with gusts of up to 50 or 60). Again we picked up and walked into the city and this time we hopped on the train back into Perth.
Dropped our bags back at the hostel and went to Woolworth's for some more milk and snacks for the evening. Dropped the groceries in the fridge back at the hostel and sat and watched a couple hours of TV, which was mainly Bondi Rescue (tv show about lifeguards saving people on Bondi Beach). Since the art galleries and museums are only a block away, we went over to the Western Australian Art Gallery and the modern art gallery. The WA gallery was just like any other gallery; with a bunch of aboriginee art and portraits and landscapes (yawn) and just like so many before it, this one did little to impress me. The contemporary/modern art gallery next to it was interesting though. It had a huge room with white walls covered in quotes. The quotes were peoples' reactions to what this artist had done. She apparently said to the media that she had obtained some of Kurt Cobain's ashes and invited others to smoke them with her. So the reactions (which were painted in various sizes and colours on the wall) ranged from intrigue to disgust to anger. There was also a couple Cobain obejcts, like a cigarette case and a smashed left handed guitar. Spent awhile in the room reading about the project and the reactions then departed back to the hostel. Brennan had checked out the 2nd floor of the contemporary gallery while I was reading about the main floor project and he said it was all weird art that people were working on, with stuff like hospital beds covered in toothpaste and such (so I didn't miss much apparently). Back at the hostel we made supper (pasta again, but with alfredo this time and corn) and ate it as the bar had a quiz night with very obscure and difficult questions. Shortly after 9, I was exhausted. Not sure if it was the sun today that did it or something else, but a shower and then bed finished the night. We go to Scarborough tomorrow and a new hostel (yay!), although the forecast is glum. Soon enough we'll be in Sydney and looking for work, so need to enjoy the free time while it lasts.
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