Cottesloe

Greetings from Ocean Beach Backpackers. This must be the farthest Ocean Beach from the Ocean Beach on Fire Island- although the atmosphere is slightly similar. Cottesloe is the most popular of Perth's beaches. It is slightly sheltered in a cove and the water is shallow and clear beautiful green. I got here this afternoon and by the time I got down to the beach (its a few minutes walk to the flags), it was already pretty windy. I'm told that in the morning the wind comes from the east but in the afternoon it shifts and comes from the south, making it hard to sit on the beach without getting attacked by flying sand. The water is so warm though, that the wind doesn't stop anyone from swimming- it just makes getting out and drying off slightly difficult. I'm sure I'll master it by the end of the week.

Other things I did today... I ate an entire sandwich for lunch and found the supermarket and bought some pb&j for the rest of the week... I met my roommates, 3 German girls who have been in Australia for 5 months after graduating school (I'm not sure if it was high school or college), and 1 "Sydney-sider" who was here for a week "on holiday" and is leaving tomorrow. They're all very nice.

Now I'm going out to find dinner and watch the sunset. I have a feeling that my posts for the rest of the week will be very similar to this one. Sorry if you get bored!

Love,
Emma