It is winter after all, so we were expecting cool temperatures and I'm fine with that. In fact, I'm more than fine. I am in love with the cold weather that has put an end (albeit temporarily) to the incessant sweating (because pespiration is too gentle a word to describe what I go through daily in Singapore) in the little red dot.
In my quest to convince J that we should be looking at Perth, I often cited Melbourne's finicky weather as a prime determinant. She doesn't like it when it gets to cold. I never imagined though that during out 8 days in Melbourne, that it would only shower on one day. ONE. UNO. The rest of the days were chilly but nothing at all like the drastic changes that we read about online. Melbourne weather was, truth to tell, extremely accomodating.
Now when we got to Perth, I reminded her that the weather here would be even better. That she wouldn't even need her jacket on most days. I was right but not in the way I expected. In the 6 days that we have been here, it has rained for 4 of those days. J didn't need a jacket, we needed raincoats. Truly at a loss though. Has what we've been reading all along being wrong or did we happen to experience two weeks of aberrant weather behaviour in Australia?
Despite the rain, we managed to sneak in a decent amount of activities of which cycling along the Swan River in Perth stands out as a highlight. In Melbourne, it was the visits to Gibson's Steps and Loch Ard Gorge which took the cake.
Perth in winter has also been warmer than I expected it to be. There have been occasions when I have perspired - cycling, having lunch in an extremely warm Viet eatery. Overall though, I believe it offers a better climate - one where you're not so cold that you need to be all swaddled up in layers even when you're in a building.
Now if I could just figure out this weather.
Connection is patchy down here, hopefully get to post some photos in the future.
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