Hi all
Here's part 2 of the October 2019 blog with lots more photos with captions! This part covers various activities locally, Lizzie's birthday and my birthday.
Mike found this baby turtle on the cycle path near our house so he took it back to the river. It seemed it survived OK, as later he went to check on where he had put it, and it was gone.
After a break of one day to get over all the Denmark activities, chuckle, the following Saturday me, Marion and Trudi went on the trains to Fremantle (from Thornlie to Perth, then Perth to Fremantle). It was a nice sunny day, bu the breeze was a bit chilly.
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| On old church near the railway station |
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| The Town Hall |
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| An entertainer outside the markets |
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| The fruit and vegetable market |
After we had visited the markets, where Marion and Trudi bought some souvenirs, we took the tourist 'tram' - it was actually a bus! - around the town so we could see and get information on all the historic sites, as we knew we would not have time to visit them all individually.
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| The Old Fremantle prison |
We visited this some years ago and the conditions in the old days for the prisoners inside were quite awful!
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| The Memorial..... |
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| .....a view from the Memorial |
At the end of the tour we were dropped off at the jetties/restaurant boardwalks where we had a really delicious meal at Jo's Fish Shack - battered squid rings, mussels, a big platter of crayfish, prawns on a bed of baramundi steaks (underneath), salad and various sauces.
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| The food! |
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| Trudi - having enjoyed the food! |
After lunch we visited the WA Shipwreck Museum where we saw the wreck of the Batavia and others. It was very interesting, but it was too dark inside to get any good photos.
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| Trudi and Marion going to visit the museum |
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| The Round Tower |
Trudi also had a look round the outside of the Round Tower, which was the original prison, but it was too late for her to go in, as they were closing up for the day.
Me and Marion waited on a seat from which this photo was taken.
As Trudi was to leave on Monday, on Sunday we drove to a local park, then walked through by the river to the Kent Street weir, where we had coffee etc. There was a fun day on for children and we enjoyed watching them playing is heaps of mud! We also took photos of a 'butterfly' on stilts who was demonstrating circus skills.
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| The butterfly - front view.... |
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| .....and back! |
I had a message from Jo early on Monday to say she was paying us a surprise visit to say 'bye' to Trudi and should be with us by lunch time, which she was, and we all waved Trudi off in the afternoon. Jo managed to get in touch with Liz and arranged for her and Nathan to come over the next evening for tea (an early birthday surprise for Liz!) Here's the photos.
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| The birthday cake! |
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| Jo giving Liz her cake.... |
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| Nathan and Liz |
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| Liz cutting the cake |
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| Eating the cake!..... |
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| Liz with presents |
The next event was a visit with Marion to the Melville Rose gardens near Kalamunda. We had coffees first in town, then found the garden where they had some really lovely roses. Marion, knowing how I love roses, said she would buy me one for my birthday. I chose a lovely yellow one, but will not get it until next year around a more appropriate time for planting. I have a voucher so can pick it up at any time.
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| This is the rose I chose |
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| This one was also un consideration..... |
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| .....and this one! |
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| This was a very unusual 'double' bloom |
We went back to Kalamunda afterwards and had a lovely lunch in Embers restaurant in Gooseberry Hill, then took Marion on a drive around the hills until we found the Asparagus farm, where we bought - funnily enough - Asparagus, chuckle!
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| View of the asparagus farm |
While Marion was still here, we also took her up to Mundaring weir to see the dam - our water supply - and surroundings. It was another lovely day out, with coffee on the way in the forest at Farrell Grove, and another at the Mundaring Tavern, and a picnic lunch.
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| Farrell Grove |
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| Mike boiling the kettle.... |
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| ...Marion and Maisie enjoying refreshments |
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| Mundaring Weir |
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| A lizard on the rocks |
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| An interesting photo or the works area |
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| View from the dam wall...... |
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| ......ditto. |
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| On the other side was part of the Bibulmun track |
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| Old valves from the dam |
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| A 28 parrot at our picnic spot |
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| Mundaring Tavern |
John had to come up to Perth (regarding his work) the weekend before my birthday and he brought Benjamin with him. It also gave them the opportunity to say 'bye' to Marion. He took us for a meal at Mister Walkers - on the ferry jetty in South Perth - as my birthday treat. It turned a bit cold, but it was lovely to sit outside and see the city lights on the other side.
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| Here we all are at the restaurant |
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| Benjamin - feeling the cold! |
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| Mixed home made ice creams dessert came up with a candle on for me to blow out! |
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| Benjamin, John, Marion and me on the jetty |
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| The city lights - view from the restaurant |
While they were here, John and Benjamin went in the pool
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| John making toast |
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| Benjamin taking a dive..... |
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| .....splash!.... |
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| .......underwater..... |
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| ......and up again!..... |
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| Rainbow lorikeets outside our window |
We took a walk along the river opposite us and took these photos too.
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| A lovely darter.... |
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| ....with its mate |
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| Remaining posts or the old bridge |
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| Two young ladies enjoying the view! |
Next was my 'real' birthday celebrations!
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| Marion made us this lovely embroidery! |
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| Me opening presents and cards |
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| Birthday breakfast at the weir with Heather and Marion, who took the photo! |
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| A friendly Galah outside our window! |
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Birthday dinner - fillet steak and all the
trimmings - cooked by Mike |
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| Sisters celebrating! |
Just to prove we also use our pool - when it's hot enough - here we are in it!
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| Mike |
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| Maisie |
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| A double rainbow on the last day of October |
For us it was a wonderful month!
I'm not sure if there will be anything in November as I will be busy in the lead up to Christmas, but here's a link to Denmark's Brave New Works which was on the during the first weekend of November, which you may like look at.
https://www.denmarkarts.com.au/brave-new-works-2/
You catch glimpses of John, Silvia and Emil in the short video clip, and see John and Silvia in the photos beneath the video clip. (
John made the revolving LOVE machine you will see in the video).
Well, that's it for now - Enjoy!
