Flew out of Cairns at 8.00 pm, 27/8/2016, to land in Perth WA at 11.30 pm their time, about 5 hours flying time across two time zones. It was raining when I arrived and I got soaked running across the tarmac. I caught a Taxi (no mean feat at midnight on a Saturday in a strange city) and got to an " IBIS Budget" hotel after 12pm. No front desk staff so had to "do battle" with a computer console to book in. Thankfully a load of passengers from a Bali flight arrived so we rang the emergency number and got the night-watchman to book us all in. (When I checked out there seemed to be none of the info that I had given when doing the original booking over the phone! This would explain why I had trouble with the computer; possibly the fact that I was booked for the night of the 27th but had not arrived until very early on the morning of the 28th meant that I had been scrubbed. I think I was lucky to find a bed for the night.)
Sunday 28/8/2016. Simple hotel breakfast and off to town-centre by local bus. Priority was to locate the Coach station to meet the Integrity Tour bus which will take me up the coast from Perth to the Shark Bay/Coral Coast. This bus leaves Perth at 7.30 pm, continues through the night and has at least one bus change (but the schedule is subject to change). I also found the Art Gallery of WA and tried to find artistic depictions of the WA coastline (as this is the longest coast in Australia). Surprisingly little artwork on this subject given its geographic importance. [Almost turning their back on the sea?]
I also located and confirmed my booking with the YHA for my return from the Coral Coast. Weather permitting
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