PetTeet Park - Workaway Near Perth
Arriving at the airport in Perth, the workaway host gave me instructions for how to meet him outside, telling me to simply look for the bright red Ute (pronounced yoot). Easy enough if you know what a Ute is. When I asked a nearby traveler, they made the obvious statement - you aren't from here, are you! When I finally climbed the red UTility vehicle, aka Ute, I met Kevin, my host. We had spoken during a video call two months earlier and I had felt confident it would be a good stay. As the actual arrival date neared, I had become a bit less sure and found myself wondering what I was getting into. "Close to Perth" turned out to be nearly an hour and a half southwest, in the middle of sparse farmlands with the closest town 30 minutes away by car. When Kevin stopped at a grocery store the edge of Perth and asked if I needed any food items, I really had no idea how to answer. My two previous workaway stays, one in remote Costa Rica and one in Xela, Guatemala, had not prepared...