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I met Don at a wedding in North Carolina a couple of years ago, and now he’s living in Perth, the capital of Western Australia. Visiting Don was a given since I was primarily in Australia to visit friends, plus I’ve always wanted to see the mystery behind one of the world’s most isolated cities.

I spent a week in and around Perth hanging out with Don and his friends. We were lucky to have unseasonably warm and sunny weather while I was there in early June, and when you put everything together, it felt like 1985 in suburban Los Angeles. Don showed me the sights, and when Saturday night rolled around, we joined the thousands of Perthites in the bars and clubs. My drink of choice? Redback.

Now that I’ve finished blogging about the Cooks, it’s time to wrap-up the story of my South Pacific trip with a few posts on Australia. The story left off with Scone, after which Tristan, Chris, Brent, and I headed back to Newcastle. Here I spent a week reminiscing with old friends and revisiting the old haunts, which was one of the main reasons for my trip to the South Pacific. After spending almost two months on the road at this point of my trip, it was great to be “home,” or at least back in a place I called home for half a year.