For those of you who don’t know, I’ve been in Perth for the last 10 days. It’s the first time in 4 years I’ve been back in my home town and my first impression when getting off the plane was that I’d stepped back in time. It seems more backward than ever. Starting with the fact there isn’t free wifi at Perth airport so I couldn’t contact my parents to come get me. Luckily Aussies are a friendly bunch and someone lent my their mobile so I could make a quick call.

Not much has changed in the city – a few new buildings maybe - but everything is more or less the same. The same people, same buildings, same shops, same, same, same. Welcome to Dullsville…

Later I was shocked to discover that Kath and Kim is not just a TV show. It’s real! Kath and Kim really exist and they have inbred and populated poor little Perth.

I never really liked Kath and Kim because I always thought it was silly and the characters were too exaggerated but it turns I WAS WRONG. Australians are just like them! It’s embarrassing!

Then today I was embarrassed to see a photo of Perth on Fail Blog. I’m going to have to head over to Cottesloe to see that for myself.

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