Day 1 of the Western Australia adventure: Perth

We arrived at our hotel very late so it was straight to bed ready for our big day out to Cats: The Musical. We woke fairly early so that we could wander around Perth before the show.

First stop was breakfast at a quaint little cafe in a place called London Court which was built in 1907 in a mock-Tudor style and reminded us alot of places like Oxford and Cambridge (but without the history!). It was a beautifully sunny day so we decided it would be nice to walk around the Swan River to the other side of Perth and the theatre rather than getting a cab.

It ended up taking us just under two hours to get there so we were in great need of a sit down and some entertainment by the time the show started. Cats was amazing and took me right back to my childhood - I just love the music and couldn't help but sing and dance along throughout it!

After two and half hours of pure, unadulterated fun we headed back to the city for some dinner at an interesting place called Annalakshmi, which is an Indian buffet-style restaurant run entirely by volunteers. It is all-you-can-eat vegetarian food and at the end you pay what you feel the meal is worth whether that be $5 or $50. The food was delicious and we made a donation of $25 (looking back now maybe that was slightly stingy but we're on a budget here....!). Having walked around 20km (Dave's estimation) throughout the day, we were both pretty knackered so on full and satisfied tummies we headed back to our hotel for the night.