Shoes....

One of the biggest things that we've noticed in Perth has been the complete lack of shoes. I'm sure that there are stores that have ample supplies of cross trainers, dress shoes or even thongs. Most malls seem to have several shoe shores packed full of... you guessed it.... shoes. 

My question... why does no one wear them?

We go to the grocery store and half the people (girls and guys) don't have on shoes. 

People go for runs without shoes.

People wear their wetties (wetsuits) and carry their surf boards to the beach for kilometres without shoes.

And more importantly, students come to phys ed and kick off their shoes to do everything from badminton, volleyball, footy, soccer, fitness testing, you name it... they are shoeless for it. 

At first I was so taken back with all the barefooted children and told them they needed to keep their shoes on at all times... but even the teachers don't like wearing shoes. It's the strangest thing. 

We asked our neighbour about it and she agreed, "Shoes are so constricting". She told us she didn't wear shoes growing up, unless it was to go to church or school. 

Well one thing is certain... this shoeless culture must have a booming pedicure industry!!