Bit of a lazy morning today, got up for breakfast (which closes at 10 AM, 9:30 on weekdays), worked on my earlier blog post and just sort of screwed around on the computer. Then about noon went bike shopping with Sindre and Noam - we caught a bus down Stirling Highway (which splits Currie from the UWA campus) to a bikeshop in Claremont. The place had pretty good deals, but the clincher was a guaranteed buyback where I can seel the bike back to them after about 5 months for around half the price. I got a new hybrid bike for about $370, which means that ultimately will only cost me about $180 or so.
I didn't have my helmet with me and TransPerth doesn't allow bikes on their buses (no bike racks out front or anything, a little weird for what otherwise seems like a pretty bike-friendly city) so we had to walk back. About halfway there, though, we saw a sign for a garage sale which we decided to check out. It was about 1:30 by this point so they had sold most of their stuff, but we did get to talk to some nice old West Australian ladies.
Going back to the highway, we walked about a block further and saw another garage sale sign so we decided to check that out. It was about two blocks over from the highway, but even that far in there was a sign for yet another sale - apparently Sunday is garage sale day or something in Australia. Ipso facto, between the three sales we went to I was able to get a washcloth and hand towel (which I really needed), a pillow (the one they gave us at Currie Hall is about a thick as a couple sheets of paper so I needed another one) and a tennis racket in perfectly good condition other than needing a new grip, for a total of $5.
When we got back to Currie, Sindre (who also bought a racket) and I played doubles tennis with Cindy and our friend Oliver from Singapore. That was a lot of fun even though the net on our court is kind of broken so it has a huge dip in the middle. Just got back from a jog through King's Park with Noam and looking forward to dinner in a few minutes. Hope everything is good back in the states.
First two classes tomorrow - lecture for Wildlife Conservation & Management and Zoology lecture. Done by two, though, so hopefully I'll have time to take my new bike for a spin.
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