Day 3 Cape Leeuwin

After a pleasant meal and a comfortable night at the Margaret River Hotel we headed to the south western most point of Australia where we climbed Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse. This is the spot where the Indian and Southern Oceans meet.

Day 2 part 2

We stopped for a quick break at Dunsborough... a favourite diving location of Emily's before continuing on to Margaret River for the night.

Day 2

Hmm actually Bunbury was first then Bussleton. We stopped in Bussleton where the jetty is nearly 2 kms long!! There is even a little train to take you out to the end.

We drove south from Rockingham and stopped in Bunbury for lunch. Here we received a phone call from Emily to say there was a chance we could actually see her monday night in Fremantle before we flew out at 1150pm. She being put ashore early to attend some appointments before rejoining her ship on wednesday...Yippee

Day 1 part 2

This is us enjoying ourselves with good food, good wine and good friends at Jane Brook Winery.

Our little holiday to Wa and Qld

Around Father's day each year we head north to sunny Queensland for the Noosa Jazz Festival. This year we decided on a quick 3 day visit to Western Australia to visit our daughter first. She is in the Navy stationed in Rockingham. Our plans went astray when we heard they were going to be at sea that weekend but too late to change so off we went. We still stayed at her house...Big "mum hugs" to Irish Dave.
On our arrival in Perth we were unexpectedly met by our friend Alice who had made a mad dash to the airport after being woken only about 10 mins earlier with the news that we were arriving!! Woohoo how special does that make one feel. She took us home for a wonderful home cooked breakfast then. While Rod did some chores Alice took us to the Les Murdie Falls for a walk. Great views of the city of Perth from here. We returned to collect Rod and were driven out to the Swan Valley and Jane Brook winery for a leisurely lunch among the vines. About 5pm we decided we really needed to head for Emily's house in Rockingham (about an hours drive south). Where we stayed the night .

Farm Visit

On saturday we visited our friends Jackie and Glenn on their new farm down in Gippsland. It was a beautiful sunny winter day sandwiched between days of rain so the ground was extremely muddy. No problem when you own gumboots which we don't but we managed to walk around without slipping over in the mud! Jackie and Glenn raise Alpachas, a wonderful friendly animal.

The view from their perch on top of a hill is spectacular. I am told sunrise and sunset are quite something to behold. Glenn and Jackie have adopted the country life with relish and are always to be found building and improving their new home. They inherited a couple of pigs...Mr Crackles and his wife...Mike loves pigs and thought bringing one home as a pet would be fun!He could envisage himself walking it around the neighbourhood on a lead! Needless to say Mr and Mrs Crackles are still residing in Gippsland.

Photos from our trip to Taronga Zoo part 2

This young giraffe not only had giraffe companions but zebras as well. So it's raining...big deal this ostrich seemed to be saying!

Wait for me mum...I'm coming too.