Australia day 87 – Perth, WA

Rain and more rain. And it’s chilly too. Winter really seems to have set in. We start a self-guided walk around Perth city centre but are forced to abandon it as the heavens open. We seek refuge in a cafe for an hour or so until the worst is over, but it remains drizzily all day. So we change tack and go to the book exchange; buy a guide book for Indonesia. The latter is a particularly well-timed purchase as we discover that on-arrival visas are only issued for 30 days and can’t be extended. We had been planning on staying for at least six weeks. Just as well we checked before booking our onward flight to Dehli or we could have been in for a costly mistake! Now the revised plan is to spend a month in Indonesia; flying into Bali and out of Jakarta which should make for an interesting experience travelling across Java. We fly to Delhi on 12th June and on to London on 28th August. Our return home now seems to be not so far off.