Way back, when this whole blog journey began, I started with a plethora of "Today's Walk" posts. All of them in KL, as at the time, we lived there, and it was in the waning days of ASN. Thus, I didn't have a whole lot to do much of the time. So I kept myself busy a couple of times per week going for long walks, be it to the city, PJ, or elsewhere. I really enjoyed it, and always finished off the walk with a lunch or a drink, or commonly, both. I'd like to reinstate the habit. Perhaps I'll come up with a list of possible "today's walk" locations in my area, and in those areas I travel to. It's a nice idea, and I reckon I'll go right now into my timetable file and put a spot in for that. Hang 5....
Ok done. So back to the reason for this post. What reminded me of my old KL walking posts was the Google Maps diagram that came up when I was trying to figure out how Bully and I would get to the conference in Perth from our hotel. Yes you can taxi it, and yes we did that on Day 2. But on Day 1, we wanted to walk. Or more accurately, scoot! We saw these hire electric scooters everywhere in Perth. Bully tried one out when I was at lunch with Luke, and raved about them. So on the first day of the conference, we grabbed a couple, logged in, and off we went!
That's me, scooting past Gloucester Park, near the WACA. Ironically enough, I was standing across the road from there the day before, saying goodbye to the place in my mind, as I don't expect to be back. Yep, there I was, less than a day later! Haha, but anyway, so you can see in the Maps map below, the path we intended to take. I say intended, because all did not go according to plan. Firstly, my scooter promptly ran out of juice about 5 minutes before the photo was taken. Luckily, we found another one close by. The thing is, when they run out of battery, you can leave them wherever, but otherwise, you must park in a designated spot, which is not always all that convenient!
Anyway, the real issue came when we got to the bridge. We managed to get about 50m across, then our scooters died. It seems that marks the boundary of where you can use them. Seems silly to me, as why build the foot bridge if you're not going to encourage people to use it? I think extending the scooter area out to include Burswood would be a great idea! So we had to hot foot it from there. Still, it was a super and fun experience, and I spent most of the rest of the trip on a scooter, travelling all over the city and Northbridge. I don't think such things exist over here in Echuca, but I am inspired to kick off the Today's Walk series again, and post on my progress. Watch this space!
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