Legacy of two worlds

There will always be an exquisite thing somewhere..... 
It is sometimes the search and other times the loss that brings pain.

dheborah

Perth Fashion - Solar storms and false eyelashes.

A four day heatwave is expected in Perth as predicted solar storms hit the planet. Last night temperatures cooled to  around 33 degrees Celcius after dusk. Tomorrow  Perth can expect Autumn temperatures up to fourty degrees as another solar storm hits us. Spectacular Auroras have been observed in New Zealand and Northern Australia.

This afternoon the 'United Cycle Council', an affiliation of the most notorious bikie clubs in the region, protested against formiddable new laws that have been proposed to make illegal any congregations and associations of club members. In Western Australia, groups such as 'Rock Machine' have been behaving like pseudo-urban terrorists in a society that has been sheltered from crime until the arrival of the internet.

Last year we saw customised false eyelashes from the Tokyo Lash Bar, gold leaf eyelashes, peacock eyelash extensions and photo manipulations but Perth is still waiting for Paperself's Art lashes, the funky laser-cut paper lashes that have been around "forever".....their absence is a fashion crime:  we  need these more than ice cold beer, bikinis and  air-conditioning.

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Land of Oz...

You are not a tourist...you are a traveller. You have finally decided to buy that one year ticket to Australia. It's going to be hot. It's going to be amazing. It's going to be Hell.

Before you leave, there are so many things that you need to know and so many things that you'd rather not. If you want to have fun, listen to me and me only. I am going to give you the essentials.

1. Only order Emu Bitter or Pure Blonde premium beer. Blondes are fantastic.
2. You can usually purchase panadol in mini-packets at petrol service stations. 
3. Carry a packet of steri-strips (to close  cuts and lacerations until you can get medical treatment). 
4. Dial 000 for emergencies (fire/police/ambulance).
5. Use the bus service between towns when back-packing. West Australia has Transwa bus services. The distance between towns is too far and the conditions are extreme.
6. Boardies and cotton tee-shirts are the easiest to travel around in. Most Australians don't dress up too much in summer. Bathers are easy to find in Perth's larger suburban shopping centres (Karrinyup, Innaloo and Garden City). 
7. Purchase 1 litre bottles of sunscreen at Coles and fill everyone else's sunscreen bottles with it.
8. Look for military camel-packs at places like Big W and K-mart so you can have fluids with you whenever you are walking around places like Perth and Alice Springs. No-one will bat an eyelid - some of the West Australian nurses even use them at work. 
9. Many small towns don't have banks but you can use Eftpos at most stores and petrol stations.
10. Australia Post have everything from bubblewrap to prepaid envelopes to post gifts and purchases home with.
11. Most country pubs will let you purchase a few take away beers.
12. You may be broke and starving and lonely at the end of your year so, prepare before you reach this stage.

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PREPARATION FOR LAST WEEK IN AUSTRALIA.

Book accommodation in a serviced apartment in Wooloomooloo (pronounced Wool-uuuu-ma-loo) in Sydney for your last week: keep funds for basic purchases for  this (unless you want to  sleep at a bus-stop). You can relax and walk every day from Wooloomooloo, along the Sydney Harbour to the Sydney Opera House.  In the Gardens, you can take a left under the tree with the bats  and walk over to the Art Gallery. Relax on the lawns or eat your lunch on the steps of the Opera House while you soak in your last few hours. You are only a walk away from the Friday night Chinese markets and Paddy's markets. If you get lost, just remember that Chinatown is downhill and  Belmore Park is uphill. Note your own landmarks. Every taxi-driver will know what days they are open (you can flag down taxi's easily in Sydney). You will find that famous van that was mentioned in the Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy. Leave the night-life alone and get up early so you can just hang out on the lawns of the Governer's House and experience it without feeling like a tourist. One last thing... every evening, the bats make a pilgrimage across Sydney's skies at dusk and every morning they return, one by one to their resting places. Batman, move over.