What a Week it has Been

Friday 21^st, Saturday 22^nd, Sunday 23^rd, Monday 24^th, Tuesday 25^th, Wednesday 26^th, Thursday 27^th, Friday 28^th October and Saturday 29^th Oct

Friday

Liz, Liam and Becca arrived at stupid o’clock last night.  Because they were getting a hire car we decided that they were big enough to look after themselves and we would meet them in Fremantle today.  As we were leaving the parking station we got a call to say they were in Fremantle and were about to go into a car park.  They were going into the same one we had just left so we were able to wait for them to come out and we started our Fremantle Adventure together.

We went to Fremantle Markets and it was amazing to see that a lot of the stalls that were there when we visited in 2008 were still there in the same places.  The only things that have changed were the prices although they were reasonably competitive with other boutique stalls.  The things that you can buy there aren’t readily available at Woollies or K-Mart. 

We got a phone call while we were exploring the markets from a couple of mates of Caron and Andrew’s from Sydney so we made arrangements to meet them and have lunch.  We went to Cicerellos which is a harbour side fish and chip restaurant.  Bernie and I had the “Seniors Special”.  Fish and chips in a basket, coffee or tea and an ice cream.  All for $12.  Normal fish and chips were $12.95 although you got an extra piece of fish.

Liz, Liam, Becca and the rest of us went back to our home away from home at Falcon to load up everything for our weekend at Fairbridge Village.  (More about the village later)  We arrived there at about 4.00 pm and put our gear into our bedrooms and put sheets onto the single beds and then had cheese and bickies while we waited for the rest of the family and visitors to arrive.

Fairbridge House
If you look closely at the small window on the right you may see a  ghost

Narelle and Gary Pollard and Lloyd and Sandy Hitchens arrived from Sydney.  Sandy had left straight from work and onto the plane.  It was really nice, just like a mini family reunion.  Good food and good company. 

Saturday

Saturday was the actual day of the 100^th party.  (2 X 50 = 100).  Everyone filled in their morning either by looking around the village or travelling further afield.  Caron had asked Deb to get some tourist information about the surrounding areas from the Tourist Information Centre at Mandurah so there was a bit of information there for those visitors, especially those from interstate to be able to make some choices.

Everyone started arriving at about 4.00 pm and there were about 15 people who had come from interstate to help Caron and Andrew celebrate their 50^th birthdays.  The food was excellent with both Andrew and Suzanne contributing.  Suzanne excelled with three cakes that indicated 100.  The one was a carrot cake, the first zero was coffee and the second zero was chocolate.  Very nice!!

It was a very good night with everyone either playing cards or board games or talking well into the wee hours.

Bedroom in Fairbridge House

Chapel of the Holy Innocents Fairbridge Village

Sunday

Sunday was pack up day.  After an excellent breakfast that went on for a couple of hours we departed from Fairbridge for Falcon.  We actually left at about 11am.  As you can imagine there was a fair bit to clean up because the whole affair was self-catered, so what pots and pans that went down there had to come back even though they were empty. 

Liz and Liam went off to explore the countryside.  Liz had visited the West about 10 or 11 years ago, however it was Liam’s first visit so they wanted to make the best of their time here.  The rest of us remained at Falcon for a while and because we had all had a good breakfast didn’t feel like lunch.  Mid-afternoon we headed for Mandurah where we decided to visit Simmo’s (ice cream shop) and do some shopping.

Fairbridge Village

Fairbridge Village was created in 1912 by a fellow called Kingsley Fairbridge who wanted to bring underprivileged children from the slums of England to the colonies for a better life.  They had the best of intentions and the majority of those who were sent to Australia under this scheme valued the opportunities and experience.

The property was run as a farm school where the boys learnt farming skills and the girls learnt domestic science.  There were something like 21 buildings that were used for accommodation with between 8 and 10 occupants each with a house matron who oversaw the daily activities of the children.

Before we left we went to the Museum that is located on the site and spoke to one of the “Old Fairbridgians” who was on duty.  They have a roster to man the museum and the fellow we spoke to was there from 1955 to 1961.  He said that nothing went on like in the religious institutions in the West.  He reckoned that what he learnt at Fairbridge set him up for the rest of his life.

For more information you can look up Kingsley Fairbridge or go to www.fairbridge.asn.au

The villiage still carries on youth work to this day.  There were 8 Fairbridge Village/Schools throughout the world with the one in WA being tho only one remaining.  There was one at Molong in NSW.

Monday

Quiet day today.  Went up to the Warnbro Passmores for lunch.  Narelle and Gary were there as well as Xin Mei, Mathew and Suzanne.  Really nice day.  We all departed at about 2.30 pm, Narelle and Gary to head further south and Liz, Liam and Becca to head to the airport.  Their flight left at about 4.50 pm local time.  We headed to Falcon to recuperate from the weekend and get ready for an early start tomorrow.

Tuesday

Big day today.  Up early and off to Warnbro.  Jan and Bernie dropped Ruth, Deb and I off at Warnbro and we put all our gear into Andy’s car and off to Fremantle to board the ferry to Rottnest.  On arrival in Fremantle we saw the replica of His Majesties Barque Endeavour berthed just behind where the ferries to Rottnest Island leave from.  Of course we had to have a look over it.  Seniors card came in handy again. 

HMB Endeavour

Original Ballast from Endeavour

Endeavour Serviette

The ship was a bit of an eye opener.  The conditions that the sailors and the officers lived under were quite cramped.  I liked the serviettes that the sailors used.  The ropes that held their mess tables up had frayed sections of rope attached to them and the sailors wiped their hands on.  When they got too dirty or greasy they were replaced.  The only piece of the original Endeavour on the replica was a piece of ballast that was picked up on the Great Barrier Reef where they dumped it when they were holed.

While sitting on the ferry, waiting to leave Fremantle we were lucky enough to see a small pod of dolphins moving through the water right next to us. Wonderful.

Arrived on Rottnest at about 12 midday.  Found a nice place under the trees and had our lunch that Andy had packed.  Before leaving the mainland we organised a bus trip around the island.  It was well worth the money.  Took about 90 minutes and went all over.  The bus driver was a font of knowledge about Rottnest Island and its history.

Andy booked a unit on the island for us.  It was 2 bedrooms and slept 4 overlooking the bay at the main settlement.  Beautiful views of the bay and you could clearly see the CBD of Perth and Fremantle.  The views of the lights at night were really spectacular. 

Our Unit and Part of the View

Our Unit looking from the Beach

Night Lights of Perth

There is a little marsupial on the island called the Quokka.  The first Dutchman to see them thought they were rats and named the island Rottnest.  Rot is the Dutch word for rat so essentially the name of the island is rats nest.

Quokka and Joey

Each of the units on the island has reticulated gas and they all have a barbecue plumbed into the system  Andrew had taken some sausages and salad over and we had a BBQ tea overlooking the bay.  Spectacular.

Wednesday

Ruth and I met Jan and Bernie at the jetty when the first ferry arrived at 8 am.  We also visited the visitors centre and booked a tour to the Oliver Hill Battery.  This battery was constructed prior to the Second World War and consisted of 2, 9.2 inch guns and a number of 6 inch guns.  The 6 inch guns are no longer there but the 9.2 inch are still there.  One has been restored along with the tunnels and magazines.  We also got a ticket for Jan, Bernie, Deb and I on the bus that travels the island dropping off and picking up passengers.  After our tour the previous day Deb and I acted as guides for the others.

Deb feeding Quokka with Natural Food.  Must NOT feed the Quokkas with anything else

After the first stop we were the only passengers and the bus driver added to the commentary as well.  We saw a number of whales jumping out of the water a fair distance away but it was spectacular none the less.

Stingray Swimming close to the Beach

Rottnest Pellicans

The tour of the Oliver Hill Battery was really interesting.  We were supposed to go there on a small train that runs on the train line that was constructed for the building of the battery, however it was unserviceable so we had to use a bus instead, so we didn’t know what to call it a trus or a brain.

9.2 inch Gun at Oliver Hill Battery

Rottnest Hotel (Was Governors Summer Residence)

Ruth and Andrew did a heritage walk around the main settlement while Bernie, Jan, Deb and I did a walk around looking at the old buildings and what has been done with them.  The Rottnest Hotel is in what was the Governors summer residence, castellated towers and all.

Back to Mandurah and the Atrium Hotel where we were booked in for dinner.  The Atrium restaurant is run by TAFE Hospitality students on a Wednesday and we had a 3 course dinner for $21 per head.  Started with a choice of oyster natural and smoked salmon or Vietnamese spring roll with salad, next was a buffet with curried beef with saffron rice, honey soy chicken, pork belly, potatoes dauphine, snow peas with bacon and seafood mornay.  For desert there was a choice of chocolate bread and butter pudding, creamed rice with rhubarb and cardamom, black forest cake, lemon lime tart and small Chinese type spoons with cream with meringue bits topped with strawberries that had been marinated in balsamic vinegar.  What a way to finish a great day.

Thursday

Andrew stayed with us in Falcon last night so we could head off this morning to Busselton.  At Busselton they have one of the world’s longest jetties.  Just under 1.8 km.  At the end is an underwater observatory that has been built because the jetty piles act as an artificial reef and attract a large number of fish species.  The large windows allow the viewing of a large area and lots of fish.  Because of the water really clear photographs are nearly impossible, however we all managed to get one or two good shots. 

Fish Viewed from the Observatory

There is a small train that takes you out to the observatory and back.  I think it is one of the units that they had in Brisbane for the Expo back in 1988.  It tows about 6 carriages on the train line that was originally laid to take timber out to ships in the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries.  We took the train out but walked back.  There wasn’t much leg room especially when Andrew and I sat opposite each other.  The walk back was quite pleasant but needed a bit of effort because of the wind we were walking into.  The nautically knowledgeable among us estimated that it was blowing in excess of 25 knots.

Not Much Legroom

For lunch we partook of the local fish and chips finishing off with an ice cream from Simmo’s. 

On our return from Busselton we called into the Old Cheddar Cheese Factory and topped up our supply of creamy cheddar plus some creamy cheddar and muscatel and creamy cheddar with plum and port.  We also visited a winery called Pepper Grove where Andrew got some bottled wine plus a couple of bottles that had been opened for tasting that he could use for cooking.  We were going to have a look at an ornamental metal place called “The Forgery” but unfortunately it was closed. 

Another good but tiring day.

Friday

Today is a public holiday for CHOGM.  Evidently it is replacing the Queen’s Birthday holiday which was when we first arrived in Western Australia.

Serpentine Falls

We had a later start today and we went to Serpentine Falls which is about 50 km from here and about 35 from Andrew and Caron.  It was really nice there and I have taken a number of shots of the water falling down rocks.  (Just for Raymond).  Andrew, Mathew and Xin Mei climbed the rock face to have a look at the water above.  They got to the top and read the sign that was there telling them not to climb the rocks.  The sign may have been better placed at the bottom of the climb.

Andrew Climbing Rock

Sign says "Don't Climb the Rock"

There was quite a crowd at the picnic area and the smells coming from some of the barbecues were fantastic, there were a number of families there that came from overseas.  Our picnic was nice with fresh bread rolls, BBQ chicken, leg ham and all the salad trimmings.  We are going to have to do some walking to get off the good living we have been doing.

Narelle had sent a game to Caron and Andrew for their 50^th which finally turned up on Tuesday or Wednesday.  It’s a knock down different pins until you get a specific score.  Some were good at it while some like Bernie was a bit of a burglar.  Everyone seemed to enjoy playing it. 

We went up to Serpentine Falls through Pinjarra.  Andrew came back with us and we went over the Serpentine Dam wall and back through Jarrahdale and Mundijong to Warnbro for afternoon tea.

Team Playing Finska

Saturday

Today we went up to Warnbro.  We picked up Andrew and then Suzanne and went to Naragebup Environmental Centre, The first time we have had all the seats occupied by adults.  

A tight squeeze but good for trips under 100 km. Naragebup is a volunteer run centre and has fallen on hard times and there was a fundraising day.  There were various groups and individuals and I was particularly interested in a drumming group.  We had lunch there and some really nice home-made cakes especially the boiled fruit cake.

Dinner tonight had an Italian theme.  Mushroom bruschetta (Mathew), mushroom soup (Suzanne), lasagne (Suzanne), tiramisu both coffee and chocolate (Deborah).  We also had some cream mixed with meringue and strawberries marinated in balsamic vinegar.  The Italian part was the balsamic.

Haven’t decided what tomorrow will bring, maybe Fremantle.

The Trials and Tribulations of the Western Wanderers

Sunday 16^th, Monday 17^th, Tuesday 18^th, Wednesday 19^th Thursday 20^th October

Before I begin this blog I need to explain something for you botanists that read this blog.  There are only two main types of flowers that I recognise existing on the continent of Australia.  Shrubs that are called Banksias and flowers that grow out of the ground called Petunias.  There are some very rare types I MAY recognise called roses and sweet peas. 

Sunday

Sunday was David’s birthday.  Suzanne made what I have been told was a pink lady cake.  It was made with about 300 grams of strawberries in the mixture and had a really strawberry taste to it.  The icing (I’m a bloke so it’s not frosting or whatever you call it) was to die for.  It was obviously made with butter and I believe it had egg white whipped into it as well. 

David's Birthday Cake

Birthday Pizza

David’s selection for his birthday lunch was homemade pizza and hot dogs.  I haven’t had hot dogs for years and they were really nice.  The pizza was really good.  The pizza base was made by the bread maker and topped by ourselves.  There were left overs so we had them for tea.  We had a good afternoon and I didn’t subject David to too many dad jokes that I know he likes. 

Monday

Had a drive around the area before lunch today.  Found a place called Port Bouvard.  It is a canal development with a bit of a twist.  In the middle is a gated community.  It looks like a castle with a moat around it.  There is a bridge with a gate that the occupants can get in and out.  We thought that the reason people were there was because they couldn’t find their way out.  Not very well signposted.  We found quite a few cul-de-sacs.  We did find a fascinating garden that looked like a waterfall.  Looked nice but couldn’t tell if it fell into the classification of Banksia or Petunia.

Hanging Garden

Bouvard Island

Bouvard Island

We went out to Fairbridge Village to see what the facilities out there are like.  The website for the village is www.fairbridge.asn.au as it is also a working village as well as a resort.  The buildings that we will be using are very large and very dark.  The woodwork inside, floorboards etc. is very dark, I don’t know if it is because of the type of wood, because they have been polished for a long time or both but it is really nice.  Some of the bedrooms are huge with extra rooms off them; others are smaller with bunk type beds.  Plenty of room for all.

Fairbridge House

Fairbridge House

After our visit to Fairbridge we went on to Xin Mei and Mathews place for afternoon tea.  I’m sure that Mat tries to outdo Andrew in cooking and Andrew tries to outdo Mat.  Mathew had prepared a tapenade of olives and tomato with French bread and cheese and biscuits which were really nice.  Sitting out under their entertainment area was really nice and it was a beaut visit.

HMAS Perth Memorial

The Naval Memorial at Rockingham was a bit blowy when we got there.  Andrew and the kids had a kick around with a soccer ball  and then everyone had a game of bocce.  The park which has a centre section dedicated to HMAS Perth, both the cruiser that was lost in Sunda Strait and the modern Vietnam era DDG..  The memorial is surrounded by plaques to other ships and groups from the Royal Australian Navy, for example there was a plaque to the Naval helicopter flight that served in Vietnam and the Naval medical teams that have served in various theatres over the last few decades.

Fin of HMAS/M Orion

Turret from HMAS Yarra

Stealth and Strength

There is a sail off HMAS/M Orion.  Peter and I were part of the commissioning crew of Orion and it is good to see that part of it is preserved.  Unfortunately there is nothing to say what  submarine the sail is from, however I believe there are plans to do so.  There is also a twin 4.5” turret from HMAS Yarra.  Both Peter and Bernie served on Yarra.  Bernie was a PO Stoker on Yarra.

Bocce Players

It was a bit windy so we moved into the foreshore park at Rockingham where we had fish and chips.  Really nice looking over the water and having our fish and chips.

Tuesday

We had nothing planned for today so we decided to do the shopping for the things we needed for the weekend.  We went up to Rockingham and the Rockingham Shopping Centre.  It is a lot bigger than when we were here in 2008.  I was looking for an adaptor that I could run the car fridge from 240 volts.  Went to JB HiFi and the young girl there pointed us towards Jaycar Electronics because her grandfather had got one from there.  Everyone was very helpful.  Wherever we went and were unsure of where to go or what to do everyone was so helpful.  And they weren’t telling us where to go.

On the way home we dropped in to see the Passmores for a cuppa and on our way back to the highway we dropped in the see Bob and Leslie Richards.  They were navy people we knew when we were in Sydney.  We will go back to see them before we head back east.

Wednesday

Started off to Perth at about 8.15 am.  We were to get a train from Mandurah station at 9.06 am and Ruth and Andrew were going to get the same train from Rockingham.  The best laid plans as they say.  Tried to start the car, turned over but did not fire.  Got on to the RAC and they arranged a tow to the local Kia dealer.  Jan, Bernie and Deb caught a bus from the bottom of the road to Mandurah station and I got a tow truck to the dealer.  They were not very helpful and 

View from Kings Park

London Court

Inside London Court

Inside London Court

I will be having something to say to Kia Australia about their lack of enthusiasm.

I got a lift from the Kia people up to the station and we were off.  We were only about 15 minutes behind Andy and Ruth because they weren’t able to get a car park at Rockingham so had to go back to the shopping centre and get a bus to the station.  The trains here are really nice.  They seem to be built to the same specifications to the Brisbane trains only wider.  I was surprised by the lack of graffiti at the stations and on the trains.  They either don’t have graffiti vandals or they get rid of it as soon as it appears.

The Name Says it All

This is not a Petunia

Wandering around the centre of Perth is really good.  There are lots of mall type places and tourist information.  We ran into a really nice gentleman volunteer at the tourist kiosk on Murray Street Mall.  He was so helpful.  Showed us some of the sites on a map of Perth and also told us what bus and where to catch it to go up to Kings Park.  Busses around Perth are free as long as you remain in Perth City.  The gentleman who gave us the map showed us what the boundaries were.  Get on, get off. 

Kings Park is really amazing.  I suppose it is similar to many botanic gardens but it’s outlook is magnificent.  There are lots of greenery and trees and I saw lots of Banksias and Petunias.  In actual fact there were lots of Banksias and very few Petunias.  There were lots of natives and exotics throughout the park.

The war memorial is excellent and when you have a look at the list of the names you realise what a sacrifice a small population made.  There were quite a few Bucks listed.  Most were from infantry battalions.  None were from the 10^th Light Horse.

Reality

This is how Jan and Deb see it.

The Kia people rang while we were in Perth and said essentially that we wouldn’t get the car today so we had another adventure on the trains and busses.  The train to Mandurah went close to the highway for most of the journey and comparing it to the pace of the cars was amazing.  They seemed to be going at a walking pace compared to the train.  Why people travel by car when they can travel by train beats me. 

On arrival at Mandurah some really nice Transport Police came to our aid, giving us timetables and maps and telling us where to go and get our bus.  The transport tickets here are great because they cover both trains and buses.

We needed to do some shopping because our original plans had been changed somewhat because of the car problem so we got on a bus and asked the bus driver if she could let us off somewhere near Halls Head shopping centre.  She was really good and made sure we got off where we needed to..

We did our shopping and got on another bus.  We used the same ticket we had used to get to Perth because the tickets last, in most cases, all day.  When we got off near where we are staying, the first bus we had been on was coming back and the driver gave us a big wave.  I am yet to figure out whether we made such an impression on her or she was just being polite.

Tonight was a nice quiet night.  I think we were all feeling the effects of all the walking we had done.

Thursday

Very quiet day.  No car.  Received a call from the Kia Dealer in Mandurah this morning to say that they had the car running but they were not sure what the problem was but they would let us know.

Got another call at just on lunch time to say it was ready.  Had lunch, did a bit of walking to a bus stop that was close.  Was really lucky because I only had to wait about 15 minutes before one came along.  Again a nice bus driver.  Told me where to get off.  It was only about 500 metres from where I needed to go.  From what they told me it was a fuel relay which has been replaced.  They reckon that it was something that is not expected to go.  I am just glad it wasn’t somewhere on the Nullarbor, would have cost a fortune for the tow.

Not much to do until tomorrow when we meet the kids in Fremantle.

Deb and Den

Settling in to Falcon and Surrounds

Wednesday 12^th, Thursday 13^th, Friday 16^th and Saturday 17^th October.

Before I get into this blog, I should apologise because I posed a question about which ocean was which and didn’t supply the answer.  Picture A was the Indian Ocean and Picture B was the Southern Ocean.

Picture A -Indian Ocean

Picture B - Southern Ocean

Wednesday

Suzanne and Bilal invited us over for morning tea today.  Bilal has a very nice house which is on a battle axe block and is very quiet.  Suzanne made some date scones for us and she was aiming to have them better than the Bakers Delight ones.  I reckon she succeeded.  They were better. 

We then headed to a park near Rockingham that is dedicated to the Navy.  There is an old 4.5” turret from HMAS Derwent and the sail off HMAS/M Orion.  There are plaques to a lot of old ships, mainly those that participated in the Korean and Vietnam wars.  The centre piece however is a memorial to HMAS Perth that went down in Sunda Strait in 1942.  A credit to the city of Rockingham.  We will be going there on Monday evening for fish and chips so I’ll include some pictures then.

The house at Falcon is great.  There are four good sized bedrooms and two bathrooms.  Because Deb and I were the first on the scene we made the sacrifice of taking the master bedroom with the ensuite and dressing room.  We thought that there might be a bit of friction between the other residents if they were available when they arrived.  The house is definitely not a holiday shack, it is well set up with outdoor dining area if needed, good sized yard with a shed.  There is even an outside shower for those who take a dip in the ocean which is only 300 to 350 metres away.

Front of the House

Looking through Carport

Backyard

Thursday

Did some washing today and would you believe as soon as it was hung out it bucketed down.  Gave us a good excuse to go up to Mandurah to find a laundromat to do the drying and have a cuppa.  While we were out we took the opportunity to get some more strawberries.  On Sunday we visited the same little farm to get some strawberries on our way home from Caron’s shop.  What cost us $13 on Sunday, cost us $10 on Wednesday.  We gave some to the Passmores and some to Suzanne who is making a cake using strawberries for David’s birthday.

Went in to Rockingham to the big shopping centre to get groceries etc..  The place has really grown over the last 3 years.  They were making changes when we were here in 2008 because we used to pick up Mathew when he worked at Tandy there.

Had a wood fired pizza for tea because we had to go up to the airport to pick, Ruth, Jan and Bernie up and didn’t feel like cooking.  If Terry’s Pizza were wood fired they would be brilliant.  Found our way to Perth Domestic Terminal with Betty’s help.

Friday

Picked up the trio from the east.  Stupid o’clock as Lizzie would say.  They were due at 12.45 am but were 10 minutes late.  Not too bad really for a flight that took over 5 hours.  Had a really good trip back down the freeways, we went on four of them.  Didn’t hear one turn because of chatter from the peanut gallery but Betty got us back on track. 

Arrived in Falcon at around 2.30 am and by the time we had toast and Vegemite it was 3.00 am before we were in bed.  Everyone was up and functioning by 8.30 am.  Jan was the first up at 5.30 am local time.

We went up to Mandurah to go to the Tourist Information Centre.  We were given a quest by Caron to get some brochures etc. about the local Peel District for all her visitors on the weekend of their party.  We carried this out so successfully that we had a cuppa.  We went to the local Dome overlooking the water.  Dome is a chain of café’s, restaurant and coffee shops and we have only come across them here in Western Australia.

Came back to the house and got the barbecue and outdoor setting from the shed ready for Caron and Andrew’s visit for a BBQ.  Suzanne came down with them and Bilal picked her up from here.  They had already planned a meal out with a friend of Suzanne’s.  Had a good night.

Saturday

Bernie, Andrew and I went to the Mandurah Boat Show.  Jan, Ruth and Deb had a look around Mandurah while we were there.  Some really nice boats.  I’m sure that some of them could have been classified as ships.  Andrew found a nice catamaran he liked, it was only $335,000.  The trouble was that the one next to it was much better and nicer with a corresponding price tag.  There were a number of boats there worth over $1,000,000.  There were a few there without a price tag so I presume that they used the Rolls Royce philosophy,” if you have to ask the price you can’t afford it”.

No Price on these Boats

Plastic Flood Boat

A Camper I Could Afford

This one had a coffee maker

Dropped Andy off at the train station at Mandurah.  It’s David’s birthday and Andrew thought it would be nice to go back and spend the rest of the day with him.  On the way home we went to the most awarded bakery in WA which is on the Old Coast Road not far from us.  We bought some small soft rolls from there for lunch

Mini Burgers

Walked to the beach for a bit of exercise.  Nice beach and you can see all the way to Mandurah.  Bit hazy today but there wasn’t much wind.  I will say that something they are not short of around here is wind.

We’re off to Warnbro tomorrow for David’s birthday bash.  Be more later.

Deb and Den