Dave needs to drop his bike off in Perth for a service so he's up early, but I enjoy a late start. We're actually going different ways for two days while he entertains Kirsten. This means I no longer have the benefit of Dave's GPS and I'm relying solely on my map-reading skills. Oh crap.
Fortunately Perth is well sign-posted and I eventually find myself there. I'm staying in a hotel in the middle of the CBD and the traffic is overwhelming. After the past several weeks where I might pass half a dozen cars per hour, I'm finding myself gasping for air in Perth. I'm also frustrated by the maze of one way streets. I'm relieved when I eventually park at the hotel.
Dave jogs over from the BMW dealer - where does he get all his energy? - so we wander around the CBD. He's spotted a Da Vinci exhibition in a marquee at the local park and that puts a grin on my face. I studied engineering at university and Leonardo Da Vinci is possibly the most famous engineer of all time. The exhibition is brilliant. There are dozens of working wooden models constructed from his notes and drawings. Dave spots one model that works exactly like a constant-mesh gearbox. It's hard to believe all these ideas came from one man. And he did everything with such primitive materials! I can't imagine what Da Vinci might have accomplished if he'd lived in the Steam Age.
Dave has to go get ready for Kirsten so I'm left to my own devices. The CBD was bustling at lunchtime but it dies down pretty quickly at dusk. I've been told Subiaco is better at night so I wander over to the so-called Cappucino Strip. It doesn't disappoint. There are restaurants, bars, cinemas and theatres as far as the eye can see. I get myself into the right frame of mind to watch the latest Indiana Jones flick. As the credits roll I think to myself I needed more liquid preparation; what a silly movie.
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