In more ways than one, it was 39 42 degrees celsius outside. But luckily were in an air conditioned cafe admiring the view.

We were in Northbridge, just north of Perth’s train station. It’s a lovely little area with more traditional buildings as well as Perth’s china town.

We started the day off with a couple of ice coffees at Urbanstar which combines as a bookshop stroke cafe.

Then had lunch in a popular Chinese restaurant called the Hong Kong barbecue. You are normally guaranteed to have good Chinese food if 1/ the restaurant is busy and 2/ if it has the rustic, worn style you would find in Hong Kong or China. And yes the food was very nice at a reasonable price.

After doing a weeny  bit of sightseeing along James Street we stopped at the Northbridge Dome cafe for an ice tea and a reprieve from the heat.

Another interesting thing I spotted was on the corner of James & Lake St there was a large outdoor sports screen which was showing Australia vs England in the cricket. It was a super bright day but you could still see the screen clearly, that’s modern technology for you.

After 5 days in Perth we have been to the suburbs, Victoria Park, Subiaco, Northbridge and Fremantle and all are very nice. Perth looks to be a lovely, clean and tidy place and’s not over populated by any means of the imagination.