One of the Muse's many functions whenever we travel is to ensure that I don't miss anything that should either be photographed or just looked at and appreciated.  That includes the local 'totty'!  

Up until now there hasn't really been anything worthy of comment. We arrived in Sydney the day after the end of their gay Mardi Gras, yet disappointingly, the stranger creatures that had filled the newspapers the previous day had all but disappeared back into the undergrowth. Even the 5,000 or so who had apparently stripped naked and posed for a 'performance artist' on the steps of the Opera House had dispersed. In Perth, perhaps because it is hotter and sunnier here than anywhere else has been, there are one or two things that you can't really fail to notice.  

I will just say this....if you're a leg man, then this would be one of the places you'd want to live. You would die happy! The favourite item of clothing for the Western Australian female aged 16 to 25 is a pair of unimaginably short denim shorts. Those not wearing denim shorts are wearing even shorter - if that's possible, and trust me, it is - short skirts. Inevitably, of course, there are one or two locals who wear such garments despite the fact that for the sake of the rest of us, they should never wear less than a Burkha, but for the most part there are a lot of very good legs on show. It does make strolling around a very pleasant pastime. 

Where they all go to on a Saturday night, however, is a mystery. The evening weather here is fabulous; there are bars, cafes and night-spots seemingly everywhere. Yet we stood on our balcony looking down at one of the main centres in the city at around 9:00pm and the place was practically deserted. Bar 138, which is popular enough to be marked on the city map is actually closed on Saturday night - bizarre!  In fact by 5:00pm the whole city centre appeared to be shutting for the weekend.  At least it makes this part of town a really quiet place to stay. 

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