So I have to go to the other side of the world from Friday to Tuesday because of work and I've never been there before.

I have no friends/family there so does anyone have any ideas or suggestions on what is to do over a weekend and for the night life?

play in the sand

Take a book.

Fremantle

... Play WoW. Half the people in that game seem to be from Perth since there's nothing else to do.

perth's good vibes festival is on at the belvoir amphitheatre on sunday... if you are into that sorta thing. beastyboys n wotnots. last time i was in perth i just hung in freemantle with my bro-in-law & did f***all. checked out a pretty cool d'n'b night there but it isnt running anymore :/

... Play WoW.

Hotel rates for internet access are too high, $11.95/hr or some s***.

Good vibes festival sounds like it could be the go, what's Freemantle all about?

Fremantle

I concur!

pull your bean...


...lots

since when has perth been on the other side of the world?

Since it wasn't built on the east coast.

It's the most remote capital city on the entire planet, is there any other way to describe how far away it is?

since when has perth been on the other side of the world?

Anybody who has ever flown - or worse, driven - there would agree it feels like you're flying to the other side of the world.

Who would be insane enough to drive from brisbane to perth? You might as well walk it if you're willing to kill yourself.

Well there is over there:

Visit the old prisons
Rotness island
perry lakes
Shoppnig in fremantle
Swim with the jelly fish
go yatching
Run naked through the pinicles!!! (near perth??)

that's about it!

Who would be insane enough to drive from brisbane to perth? You might as well walk it if you're willing to kill yourself.

Because it's an adventure. When I did it, we stopped at Byron, Port macquarie, Sydney, some place in the middle of no where, Adelaide, Port Lincon, Cactus Beach, Albany and eventually Perth.

Although, we flew back.

you stopped at byron on the way to perth - how quaint.

and on my way to the middle east i stopped at northside brisbane, which happens to be the airport.

i would recommend the northern beaches for a look. they are quite picturesque.

northbridge has pretty happening nightlife too.

Who would be insane enough to drive from brisbane to perth?

i've ridden a vfr750 from brisbane to perth ... & back! i wouldn't do it again but i am glad that i did it :D you can get some phat speeds up on the nullarbor & no one cares cept the kangaroos (& the occasional air-cop) :P orrrjeh

been there in a car too when i was a kid.

what's Freemantle all about?

sorta like what the fortitude valley is to brisbane.. lots of cafes & pubs & clubs & wotnots.

Thanks for all the suggestions so far, Fremantle sounds like the place to go for some dinner and night life. One of the things I do intend on doing is catching the sun as it goes down over an ocean - never seen that happen before so will be something new.

did anyone suggest hitting up margaret river for wine?

it would be number one on my list of things to do

i plan to take my wine drinking posse over there sometime

I've heard it's good and probably something I'd do if I wasn't going solo. It's a shame it costs a bajillion dollars to get to Perth otherwise I'd fly the gf over for the weekend.

i didnt read the thread, but mining and suicide seem to be pretty popular.

the hottest chicks are in perth, head to the beach and perv,

since when has perth been on the other side of the world?

Hey hey hey, Perth ain't the end of the earth. But you sure can see it from there.

i've ridden a vfr750 from brisbane to perth ... & back!

Was the constant wind battering harsh? How many hour stints did you do? How did you go about refuelling? Wouldn't you have to refuel like every 2 hours?

the hottest chicks are in perth, head to the beach and perv,

I'd be hitting up the beach aswell. Go surfing or something :D

Piss off and don't come back.

+1 for dialup access and WoW on laptop

either that or take a library of porn over and just beat yourself stupid

i went to rot nest, took photos of dead kwoks (whatever the f*** they're called)
god it sucked.. maybe better now that its summer, but seriously just don't go there

OOh yeah, i spent lots of holidays on rot nest island, it was awesome, they have weird native animals called Quokas. they are sort of like a cross between a rat/possum/wallaby. they are awesome.

they are awesome.

you've got to be kidding me

well, the only thing i've ever heard of happening is perth is raping and murdering young girls in shopping centre toilets. But I wouldn't be advising anyone to do it, I couldn't stand seeing that place in the news again.

Most of the place to go have been mentioned, so I'll throw in supporting votes for:

- Freo
- Margaret River
- Northbridge
- Rott Nest Is.

And while yer at it, Cotteslough (sp?) Beach, for a west coast ocean sunset (something you don't see every day, living in Bris).

Piss off and don't come back.

:(

Fremantle, Cottleslough Beach and possibly a solo drunken wine tour sound like the plan.

Out of the good vibrations thing the only band I even know is the 'boys and for $99 seems like a bit of a waste.

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Out of the good vibrations thing the only band I even know is the 'boys and for $99 seems like a bit of a waste.

you are the whitest man on the planet

If you go Fremantle be prepared to wait for a cab, cause cabs suck dog dicks here in Perth, especially at Freo... The Newport rocks!

Depending on your tastes, the Burswood Casino has a nightclub that is full of young lovelies, but they tend to be very mainstream.