Nic, Kat, Dave, Chris and Janet Road Trippin'!

Don't be fooled people, Nic and I were not cool enough to attract a mob of party hungry youths on our road trip to fit into our little Pulsar, we finished work in the pub and made our way to Perth to meet Nic's parents (Chris and Janet) and some Gills fan called Dave (ha ha!). They all arrived within one day of each other so we spent some time down in Perth. Despite (apparently) coming from a heat wave in the UK, they were greeted by rain and cold weather in Oz, but I'm sure it was warmer than what they were used to! Nic's Dad worked over in Oz for 2 years when he was younger, living near Perth and also in the North in a mining town called Port Hedland. So the first few days were spent following him as he run around looking for his old hang outs (which were mostly pubs so we weren't complaining) and saying such gems as 'That wasn't here when I was' and 'That's where I used to live..there...that room!' and filled us in with so many funny stories about his days in Oz complete with over enthusiastic hand gestures! As requested by Dave I went along with him for a tour of the WACA ground (that's West Australian Cricket Association to the rest of us laymen) and we listened to the oldest guy EVER talk about the history of the place as I had to restrain Dave from proclaiming how great England are at cricket. The rest of the time in Perth was pretty rainy but we managed to find things to do!