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Published: October 4th 2013
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Today was a quieter day. The skies were overcast this morning and it felt cooler out in the garden. After a leisurely breakfast Maria drove us down to Freemantle to the famous market. It's only a 10 minute run from Attadale and we found a parking space at the football ground right opposite the market.
Housed in an old building, the market consists of over 50 stalls and vendors selling everything from fruit, vegetables, meats, sweets, deli products, health products, crafts, clothing, shoes, gifts, ready-to eat food etc. It's very colourful and has a super atmosphere. Like most of WA prices are very high and Maria advised against buying items that would be better purchased from the supermarket. After looking around for over an hour, we bought two fresh pineapples, some dried fruit and nuts, cup cakes, some vegetable pakoras and a multi-coloured a wrap for Hazel to wear. We then went to a riverside café called Zenith for coffee.
Back home we warmed the pakoras and had a light lunch which Paul and Emma really enjoyed.
I got an e-mail from the camping trailer hire company saying that they could supply a refrigerator and that I should call on Saturday morning at 11.00H to check time availability of the trailer.
It rained quite heavily in the early afternoon but did not last long.
Hazel and I made up a list of supplies and items for our bush trip up north. Because M&C are getting the main food supplies it is difficult to envisage what extras we need to buy. However we made a lost of items. Maria simply handed us the Pajero keys and told us how to get to the nearest Woolworths. Getting there was not a problem. Nor was the shopping but on leaving the supermarket we took a wrong turn and headed off back to Freemantle. There is no GPS in the Pajero, just the thick street-map of Perth and district. We had several stops and consultations with the maps before we found our way home.
We had some Paul's date sponge and a cup of tea on our return. Paul then played his clarinet. He is lead clarinet in both school bands/orchestras and really loves playing. He is beginning to play some really challenging pieces and has just started preparing Weber's clarinet concerto in E flat. He also plays popular pieces and recently won a music scholarship playing Acker Bilk's 'Stranger on the Shore'.
Before dinner, Emma accompanied us on a walk around the nearby blocks and down to the Swan river about 5 minutes away. There are some really incredible houses around here. Not all to my taste but some in really amazing style. We were lucky enough to hear the kookaburras laughing in the gumtrees as the sun set and the skies turned a deep, graduated orange. Frogs croaked in the bushes and the stars began to come out. There is a lot of light pollution here but we expect to see clearer, brighter night skies out in the bush next week.
By the time we got home, Maria had laid on a supper of chilli con carne with soured cream and salad.
After dinner Hazel and Maria watched an Australian movie called 'Red Dog' which is set in a mining camp in Western Australia in 1971.
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