[The Far Side- Australia]

Replaying some old Dutch history, I ventured across the "end of the world" line to reach Perth, Western Australia. In the east we know nothing about the 'other side', its as if it didnt exist, thus we dont even make jokes about 'em!

Freemantle, where I mostly stayed, is one of Australians best kept secrets, dotted with cafes along the harbor with a curious amount of spiritual and alternative healing centers. I fell in love with the place, and the people are even warmer and relaxed than 'slow' Brisbane.

Despite the fact that the west coast gets a constant see breeze, I dared to go out on a boat to see the hump back whales. The day I choose 'happened' to have a larger than usual swell, and the whales were a little further out to sea than normal. After 1 hour of fixating on the horizon and going weak at the knees, we arrived to see 3 male whales flapping on the surface.

I couldnt care, I was yellow (and not from jaundice this time!) I watched with a dull sense of "ooh, look at that.." as a male whale completely jumped clear of the water and made a thunderous splash as 25 tonnes or more of blubber hit the water. Maybe it was all too much for my senses, or was it the energy from the whales, or simply that coffee I had before which had surely turned into a cappuccino by now... Either way, I fed the fish, and was a miserable wreck when I got back to dry land. Always been a land lover....

Jason, the message board phantom, is, by popular demand, returning to the electronic void with his 'witty' (if you can call it that :) 'insights'.... stay tuned fans....

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