Saturday 12 January
We arrive in Singapore on a brief stop-over and are delighted to find
that we are departing from the new Terminal 3 that only opened 4 days
before. |
As you would expect from Singapore, everything was working perfectly! |
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Laurie wanted a 103 inch plasma! |
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We've arrived!
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Home for the next 3 months... |
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Andy and Janine kindly met us at the airport and
transported two very tired bunnies to our new home. We'd been
awake for some 33 hours. The bungalow was bigger and better than
we remembered |
Upstairs lounge |
Sunday 13th January
Resisting the temptation to give into jet-lag we
venture out into familiar territory. We forget that we have
arrived much earlier this year and Christmas is only just over |
The sky is still blue! |
Tuesday 15 January
Monday was spent going into Perth to sort out our
Aussie bank accounts and credit cards.
The following day was the big surprise for Doug. It was his 89th
birthday and he thought that we were arriving at the end of the week. |
After a spoof phone call made from next door, purporting to be us
calling from England, we walked through the door mid-call and did a
'surprise...surprise'.
I think he liked it! |
Lizzie's new baby Mia |
The new foal, just 6 weeks old |
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Wendy and David's new house is looking good |
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Dino is restoring a TR6 |
...and David's Morris 1000 |
Kairen and Jeanie explore the paddocks |
Susan is left holding the baby |
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Doug's birthday party.... |
....and cake! |
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Tim has lost loads of weight and shaved his beard off! |
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Wendy and grand-daughter |
Mia is starting young! |
Proud parents Lizzie and Dino |
Charlie and David putting the World to right |
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Wednesday 16th January
We have rejoined our gym and we were in there at
7.30. It seemed like a good idea the day before!
We picked up our bikes that had been stored with Jeannie and Laurie did
the reassembly. |
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...it was hot!
(Outside temperature on top, Inside on bottom) |
Thursday 17th January
G&T |
Beer |
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Friday 18th January
We had been invited to an opening of an art
exhibition in the evening and the family came back to the house for a
drink. |
Saturday 19th January
Our first bike ride to South Beach |
Kairen has made friends with Nero, the owners dog |
Laurie chatting home |
Kairen enjoys a crocodile pizza at MadMonk |
Sunday 20th January
Our weekly fruit and veg shop is at Freo Market,
just 4 minutes walk down the road |
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Kairen enjoys a cool orange after all that
shopping.. |
Azalea Ley
Homestead
Jeanie is a leading light in the running
of this key heritage site. Built in 1905 and located at Manning Lake.
The National Trust has assessed the
Azalea Ley Homestead as significant given it ��demonstrates a way of
life and forms a unified setting, a stately place with evidence of a
life style of the area before the City of Cockburn was built� .
Today, the homestead contains a private
museum with both general and local artefacts and documents of interest.
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The Ford Model A car club have a meeting at the
homestead, and Jeanie is dressed in period costume |
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Wendy's here too! |
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David likes this postbox... |
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We walk up the back of the homestead to take a look
at The Coogee Beach development we saw starting last year |
The lagoons are in place for the plots with boat
access. They are selling for $3m each (GBP1.4m) and are
'difficult' to get hold of! |
