Geoffs Life After Work !

Me and Perth say Goodbye and Hello Hervey Bay (Blog wont allow picture uploads.will fix it when we have moved house)

we came here in late November 1982 as immigrants from the UK staying at the hostel in Mt Claremont. Shortly after Xmas we moved to Rockingham and stayed in a state housing flat for approx 6 months afore moving to the Perth suburbs.In December 1983 I started work with Disabilities Services Commission (after various name changes over the years ) and stayed in their employ for almost 30 yrs reaching retirement age,Working with the people I have over the years has been rewarding altho very challenging at times.We arrived in Perth with 2 small children that became 4 !! I was also fortunate enough to do volunteer work that has gotten me to places like Hawaii, Vanuatu,Fiji,Cocos Isles and around various states in Australia,In our first years ,trains from Perth to Fremantle (my favourite place for taking residents on outings) were discontinued BUT in 1983 Australia won the Americas cup (yes a BOAT race) that at that time had never been won by any other country in over 130 yrs !! in an exciting 4-3 victory This event re vitalized Freo and is now a major tourist spot and the train lines re=opened Whilst living in Perth I have seen the birth of the West Coast Eagles and the Dockers (Freo) AFL teams (known to locals as Ozzie Rules) My local team is Swan Districts who play in the WAFL.Perth has been a great place for me to live,sadly my second marriage ended in divorce and I have since re married (Ann) having both now retired we have joined the Grey Nomads and in one year we have navigated around Australia in our Motor home clocking up over 25,000 kms.On our travels we stayed at Hervey Bay in Queensland and north of Brisbane and fell in love with the place so much we are moving there .and that will give us a good starting point for future trips (the life has introduced us to some fabulous people met on our travels) I have lived mostly in the Eastern regions of  Lockridge & Caversham’worked with a lot of good people and enjoyed a mainly lucky life .Beaches are a little too crowded here for me in Perth (pop around 1.5 million and I’m sure all used the same beaches as I did and at the same time !!) and quite a distance from my Caversham home .Our new location in Hervey Bay is 1 km from the Coral Sea Looking forward to many more travels and Blog entries (slowed down because of house selling/buying/re=locating) Tasmania still on the cards,boat is booked for end of November.Heres to the good times ahead …..

August 26, 2011 - Posted by Luxxys Lovely Lived Life | Uncategorized