Blogs from Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania

Trying to keep to up to date with this blog but time just seems to get away from on. Anyway Sunday I went to my first ever AFL game, freo dockers vs giants! It was a very interesting time Slowly understanding what was going on throughout the game, now I'm a pro! Of course freo won and not by much 151 to 44! Giants didn't really stand a chance. Here is a picture of the panorama view of the stadium with nearly 32000 people in it, and a picture of my ticket. Keeping this quiet short! Plenty of photos to edit from today and I have an interesting post coming your Way soon! Stay tuned :)... read more

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Hi everyone, Sorry for the delay in writing another blog. We have been super busy with Heather. Out nearly every day sightseeing. Perth has certainly changed since last time I was here. It is as beautiful as ever. They have managed to grow and yet retain its unique beauty and many parklands. The area that Heather lives in is lovely. Very handy to everything. It has lots of trees, parks and ponds. We have been up the north coast, down to Fremantle, the famous Kings Park and tramped all over Perth City. Over the weekend we are thinking of heading down south a bit and maybe out to the Midlands. Anzac day will be busy; as well as attending services; we will be helping Heather serve morning tea for all the marchers. She does this every ... read more

Well we made it and are stilling talking to each other. The trip into Perth was great and we arrived about 10.30am. Now unpacked and settled into Heather's home. It is great being here with Heather at last. Goldie now has competition with Heather's dog Doogle. I forgot to tell you yesterday that we saw the first part of the 'rabbit proof fence', which was erected between about 1903-07 to halt the rabbits entering WA and destroying all the crops. I can't remember its lenght, but about 2000klms. My dear friend Jeanette suggested that I bring a telescope with me to view the clear outback skies. I wish I had taken her advise. Last night was the first real clear night we had. No clouds, no smog, just wonderful twinkling stars. The more I looked the ... read more

Our caravan is now officially ours. Papers have been signed, keys handed over, and we drove our caravan back to Subiaco, after having had an intensive training session by caravan guru Jeremy Perks (a former South African, a friend and former business partner of the almost-as-impressively-bearded Kingsley Holgate, who came to find himself in Perth after falling in love with an Australian he met in Kenya). He taught us the art of parking, an apparently divorce-proof system he and his Australian wife developed and refined over the years to stop caravan park squabbles. In a nutshell, Paul, the navigator, gives me hand signals (gender neutral) directing me, the designated driver, into the parking bay. The driver needs to learn to trust the navigator totally, and to NOT look in the rearview mirrors (and this way, if ... read more