Trip to Australia

Lia, Kathy, Melodye, and I were on another trip together - to Slovakia! Our plane landed in Perth, Australia for a layover and we decided to stay for a couple of days. We were walking through downtown and stopped in an antique store. I found a pencil box I really wanted but I didn't know the exchange rate, so couldn't figure out how much it cost. The clerk was trying to help me and she said, "Divide the price in half and then add six inches." I was so confused! As we were walking back to the little shack we were staying in, Melodye walked past a homeless man and pinched him on the arm. He started chasing after her, then whipped out a boomerang and threw it, barely missing her. We got back to our little shack at the foot of a mountain, and my dogs were asleep in my bed. I had forgotten that we brought them with us and was so happy to see them. Lia said we should get dressed up in our best "skin on skin" outfits and go out (no idea what that means, but is probably related to our skinnydipping on the 4th of July.) As we were walking back downtown we saw some women on bikes waving at us with their hands upside down. Kathy said, "That's the way they wave in Australia. G'day mates!"