Goodbye to Perth

Over the last four days, we have had lots of fun exploring some more of Perth and spending time with our grandsons. I had offered to cook fish for lunch for the family on Good Friday, and if I say so myself, we had a nice meal of Barramundi in lemon cream sauce.. It was…

Looking Around Perth and Time With Our Family

The weather in Perth is balmy and sunny. We are enjoying a few days of mid 20 Degree Celsius temperatures. After two days of being here, we haven’t yet seen Yuki, our Japanese daughter-in-law. Apparently, she just can’t be interrupted while she is working. Japanese women rarely make it to senior organisational roles, so dedication…

We are Finally Visiting Perth

We have finally travelled to Perth, Western Australia to visit our family and grandchildren. The state has been completely closed until recently because of Covid-19 and has just recently reopened. Our flight across the breadth of the country was very frustrating. With a combination of more people starting to travel, along with Easter coming on,…

A Stop in Perth on Our Way To London

We are on our way to London for a visit to Wales and the old Anglo Saxons counties of Norfolk and Suffolk.  For the last few days we’ve had a stop en route in Perth to visit David, Yuki and the boys. The weather here has given us sunny days but very cool nights. The…

Back to the West (Again)

We travelled over to Perth on Wednesday for a family visit and a weekend with our grandchildren. First, we planned to spend a few days around Busselton in the south west of Western Australia. Our departure was delayed for three hours due to the late arrival of our aircraft from Sydney. Sydney was experiencing  a…

Albany Seascapes

I had some free time while I attending the 85 Transport Platon Reunion in Albany last week so I was able to visit a few of the local picturesque beaches and bays. Thanks to Trish Routley for her company. These are some of the images I created at these spectacular places Sunset at The Gap, Albany Albany and…

Surf’s Up Again

The surf was up again at Margaret River and the Surf Carnival is back in process. The semi finals were being conducted near Surfers Point and the locals were out at the other beaches  along the coast. This area has powerful and challenging waves for experienced surfers and is regarded as a world class surfing…

Margaret River

We’re in Margaret River, a town in SW Western Australia and on our way to see David Yuki and little Orin in Perth over next weekend. This town began its life around 1831 as a timber town. It is now famous for its wineries and gourmet food establishments. It’s a bit of ‘hippy’ town with…

From Apples to Tulips

On Friday morning we were roused by screams and cheers from the crowd down below in the street as the Apple store opened just before 8 am to start selling phones to those who has slept out in the street overnight. Apparently, the reasons to why there was a large number of Asian people inn…

Sunny Perth

While it has been cold and wet in Melbourne, today has been 26 degrees C here in Perth where we are visiting David and Yuki. We have enjoyed the nice warm weather and are looking forward to the next few days when this nice sunny climate will continue. We started our morning with a visit…

To Perth via Hyden

Over the last two days of our travel  we have driven  from Kalgoorlie to Perth with an overnight stop in the little town of Hyden, right in the middle of the West Australian Wheat Belt. Not long after leaving Kalgoorlie, we passed through the old gold mining town of Coolgardie. With streets wide enough to…