Thursday - October 22

Still having a hard time figuring out which way traffic is going to be coming along, or turning, so I just look both ways, even though I know there won't be traffic coming from that direction, it's so ingrained in my head that I look anyway. Eventually I'll stop doing that but for now it just seems smarter to look both ways, after all, that's what we always taught our kids, right?

Some of our Aussie friends told us that clothing in Perth is expensive and of poor quality, and from what I've seen they're right. Even in Target, the clothes are pricey but look like cheap junk, making even US Target clothes look pretty good. Oddly enough, although the name is the same and the logo is identical, the Target here claims it is not affiliated with the US Target. Don't know how that could possibly be, but that's what they say.

One of the major grocery store chains here is called Woolworth, don't know if there is any association with the US chain of discount stores, but it seems unlikely. There is the usual array of fast-food places, although a chain called Hungry Jacks features the exact same logo as the US Burger King franchise. The food court in the mall is great, lots of variety and many places selling salads, quiches, spinach wraps, rice balls, etc. You don't see many burger and fries places, except for the fast food restaurants.

Walking around the mall Bill and I feel like dinosaurs, and when he mentions that it seems like EVERYONE is 25 or younger, I point out that we are at the mall, afterall, and that's where young people like to hang out. So we try not to get upset when they kick our canes out from under us or push our wheel chairs really really fast, we understand that they are just being kids.

Here are some more pics, taken at King's Park (where else, I live there.) This is the Swan River, overlooking Perth.