a cheeky night in Perth City after a day at the zoo!!!

After we hit the zoo, me and Kev went into the city for a few drinks. We met up with a few of our mates, including flowerpot, a sixty odd year old geezer from manchester, a family friend of nico!! he partied as good as a twenty year old!! we started in the lucky shag, moved onto the belgium beer cafe, then finished the night off at carneigies!! it was a crackin night...the unplanned ones are always the best!!

Perth Zoo...

Me and Kev took the ferry from the city to south perth zoo...it was a long day, walking followed by more walking! but it was a good little day out...we got to see most animals there but most were asleep because it was so hot! we couldnt find the koalas for love nor money, they must have had a good hiding place!! my fave has to be the giant turtoise..he was so old and so slow!! check him out on pic 4!! xxx

Future Music Fessy! 6th March 2011!

We decided to go to the Future Music festival here in Perth, its an annual event and takes place all over Oz! A good crowd of us went, we had drink in our new pad first..then walked along to the festival cos it was 5 mins away! We were upto our old tricks smuggling some vodka in..ordering sprites at the bar but returning drunker and drunker everytime! ha..We got to see Dizzy Rascal, MGMT, Mark Ronson, Keisha, Steve Angelo...and more! Me and Kev ended up loosing everyone because he wanted to get to the front of the stage when Dizzy was on!! We pushed our way to the front and to be fair, we had a crackin time ravin on our own! (When asked the next day if he got to see ste angelo and dizzy, Kev said no! He didnt remember a thing!!)
It was so so hot at the festival..I was happy when the sun went down and I could breathe! ha. Again..I can remember making a short pit stop in between acts to have a pizza?? I needed the fuel!
The next day was a public holiday in Perth...not for me though...my work doesnt recognise it as a holiday and I had to get up at 7am while everyone else got to chill out all day by our pool, nursing their hangovers..I soldiered on!!!
Well worth going into work feeling rough though!! xxx

Couples Date Night..Valentines!!

It was decided that all the couples should go out together for Valentines day! We booked into a lovely little restaurant called The Witches Couldran in Subiaco, near Perth city.
There were 5 couples including me and Kev..Nic and Elliot, Richie and Sarah, Jess and Steven and Emma and Danny. A scouse, Welsh, Leeds mixture!! It was $100 per couple for 3 courses and a 3 hour bar tab of wine and beer! So it was a good deal! I had a lovely meal..I went for the salt and pepper squid for my starter, Lamb and rosemary potatoes for the main and a fruit pavlova for dessert! Kev was a little less adventurous, ordering the soup for starter (what a waste), fish and chips for mains..and he turned his nose up at all the desserts on offer!
There was a mix up with the numbers and the restaurant had only booked us in for 8 people..so we had to move from our original seats into the corner on our own, in a little booth..which worked out well because we were quite loud. It was like our own individual part of the restaurant! Now that I think back..there probably wasnt a mix up and they just moved us there purposely..keep the rif raf away from the other diners!! haha
We had an American waitress...like us she was on a working holiday visa..she had just got the job at the restaurant. When she brought over our wines..5 large glasses..she struggled and dropped the tray..all the glasses smashed, and the wine spilt all over Jess...it was sly on the poor American! She was mortified..Jess was lovely about it...we all helped clean it up and told her not to worry..we left her a good tip cos we felt so bad for her!
After the meal we went to the lima bar...we had a good little dance!! It wasn't a late one..got home about 1am I think! Had a smashing time and will definitely go back again soon!! xxx

Golf with the Boys..Joondalup Resort!

A week into our trip, one wednesday afternoon, me and a few of the lads went for a game of golf in Joondalup Resort..Tom (the lad in the orange top) works there and gets us in for free. I didnt exactly play it, I just drove the buggy around..which I enjoyed immensely! ha..iv never been on a golf course before..so its something to tick off the list! Kev had never played before..he was doing well..beginners luck I think..but then it all went pete and he dropped a few balls!! ha..the poor things were lost..never to be seen again!
The lads played 9 holes...it took 2 and half hours! They played whilst sipping on coronas..im not sure that goes on in the professional world of golf! The resort was fab..kangeroos roam free on the course...a bit scray at first but I soon realised that they wernt a bit interested in humans! Afterwards we went to the club house and the lads carried on drinking..I went absolutely wild and ordered myself a latte...delicious!

Salt on the Beach...Australia Day!!

our second day in Oz and we had a cheeky little beach party to go to, 40 minutes away in Freemantle, so we got a maxi taxi to take us all. I was panicking that it would be too hot and I would need a hat for the day...but the whole party was in the shade..under a marqui like tent thing!! So I was happy! In true Liverpool style, we all snuck vodka in with us..I had a bottle in my top..kev had 2 in his shorts! Security didn’t get on to the fact that he was walking like john Wayne! ha...it lasted us well throughout the day!

The party was a laugh, live djs playing, including laid back Luke (show me love)..but I do not remember him gracing the stage..he was meant to be the headliner..I don’t think he turned up?? I could be wrong, I was quite drunk at this point.

One of my favourite parts of the day..the homemade pizza I ordered to myself...ha..I snuck off and sat myself down and tucked in..chorizo and pesto toppings...mmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!

As the party went into the night, everyone got a little bit crazier..people were on peoples shoulders, people were swilling themselves with champagne (not the best champers iv ever tasted to be honest), people were doing the worm across the floor...mentioning no names! ha

I was absolutely snap happy ad ended up taking 92 pictures???? why?? I will not be putting them all on here..just a selective few will do..you will be able to see the drunkenness slowly creeping in..we go from presentable..to a bit dishevelled...to inexplicable!! haha..

I’m a little red in places...I didnt apply my factor 30 properly the day before..my lips are also a funny shade of red..not a good look!

check out kevs pout..he loves it!!! haha

Hong Kong...Smashed it....

The hotel we stayed at was fab..the Novotel! Smart room..new year's decorations..free access to tinternet! We made a big mistake with the sleeping pattern...should have stayed awake as long as possible...instead, we chose to have a nap when we got there at 4pm...never woke up till 10.30pm..then couldnt get back to sleep all night...was up every half hour..and eatin pringles at 4 in the morning!! We suffered with jet lag for the whole visit after that!!! So next day, we were up at 6.30am..headed down for breaky. Best buffet breaky iv ever had..and we got our monies worth! ha..
We played tourist all day..went to victoria peak...which takes you to the highest point of Hong Kong..views are fab..however..we went on the mistiest day ever!! At the top of the peak, you get to "show your love" for the peak by writing on a paper heart and hanging it up! Love anything like that me...
The rest of the holiday we got round all the main tourist areas...3 bus tours, visiting old and new HK territories...the tours started off great...then it got a bit much by the fourth hour on an open top bus..we had wind burns to the face...and i nodded off a few times...too tired!! ha
Most nights, we visited the street markets..and the symphony of lights..we walked and walked and walked!!! When we ate out, we had a go at using chopsticks too..felt to embarrassed asking for a knife and fork...I could barely hold them..Kev was a natural!!

We visited the Hong Kong convention centre (where the handover of HK from UK took place, 1997) and we got mobbed by a bus load of tourists..not too sure where they were from..but it was like they had never seen a white, blonde haired girl, they kept taking pictures...kev kept saying.."they think you're someone you're not!!" haha...I think he was a bit snubbed that they didnt want any pics of him...haha...nah..they grabbed him too..posing left, right and centre!!