Australia Day!

We happened to arrive in Perth on Australia day (Australia's 4th of July basically). It was a shock to be in a country with level sidewalks and where cars stopped for pedestrians. People were wearing Australian flags as capes and one man painted himself as such and sported only a blue g-string. We were in the central park where 100's of thousands of

people gathered for picnics and eventually a spectacular fireworks show that out-sparked any that we have ever seen in the states. We searched for a beer but there were none! Even after the festival it was hard to find a pub, and when we finally did they wouldn't let us in because we were wearing sandals! Sam went 4 days without shoes, or sandals in Bali!