Western Australia Articles

The Buddha’s Striptease #8: Western Australia

Farewell to Yesterday’s Rain

Well we made it to Perth on rainy day. And my traveling companions from the Land of Sunshine (i.e. England, for the atmospherically challenged) were complaining.

Jon and Carina got an offer to stay with a woman in Perth who they met in Alice Springs. So we found out where the woman lived [...]

Drag Queens & Aluminum Chairs – Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Drag Queens & Aluminum Chairs
Perth, Australia

Mo met his Aussie friend Lisa in New York. Meeting up in Perth, he goes to one of her no-bits-barred poetry reads.

“The Court Hotel?”

“Yeah, The Court Hotel. That’s where I’m going to be reading. It’s a gay bar. But don’t worry, we’ll meet at another bar with everyone else just [...]

Shark Bait – Western Australia, Australia

Scuba diving is a sport that has its dangers. But

Behold, the Crab Master! – Broome, Western Australia, Australia

Steve Bond learned the hard way why it’s very impo

Crossing the Nullarbor – Western/South Australia, Australia

David Madden can honestly say that he has never fe

The Buddha’s Striptease #9

Parting is such sweet sorrow. Even if it is from a bitch. Todd and Tony decide to divorce from the temperamental Eve.

Chasing Horizons #22: Seeing Double in WA – Western Australia, Australia

It’s no wonder Phil felt so at home in Perth, almost everything he saw reminded him of Cape Town. Separated by 5000km of ocean, but so similar in many ways

Tales from a Broad #12

Yeouch, is this ever one big country. I have just returned from a trip of such epic proportions that the mind boggles. Yes, that’s right. I drove right across Australia.
Having been called into the line of service by my employers, Newsforce, the mission set out before me was to drive from Sydney [...]

Farm Work in Western Australia ( 4/4 )

Finally Something "Right" – the Croot Farms
The surest bets in Kununurra are the Croot Farms and Oasis Farms for their rather civilized treatment of workers. The two are my indisputable recommendations, although they still fall far from what would be socially acceptable norms elsewhere in the First World.

I spent two months working for [...]

Farm Work in Western Australia ( 3/4 )

Job No. 2
You don’t stay unemployed in Kununurra for too long. The turnover of workers is extraordinary and many farmers do frequent rounds in their "troopies" (an Aussie word for ‘pick-up truck’), looking for seasonal workers. Even though most of the time people are desperately needed on farms, it doesn’t mean that backpackers have [...]