Countdown begins Furniture gone and a great day out in Kalamunda
Events are starting to step up a pace now ,we have 5 days left in Perth until we leave for our “new” life in Hervey Bay.Settlement has been brought forward to 28 th Sept from Oct 10th !! Removalist have taken everything (furniture) away today for the trip to Queensland (via rail) I have undergone a full medical (all is well) just need to take stress test on Monday a quick goodbye to all in Perth and away we go.Caversham house is now very empty Blogs will be a little slower and intermittent due to our relocating All will be back on track soon I had a wonderful morning out in Kalamunda (a short drive up the Darling Range from our Caversham home)and we discovered (after 30 yrs in Perth !!) a lovely re constructed village consisting of various food shops/post office/train station complete with train a Blacksmiths shop very much like the one I did my apprenticeship in !! and my favourite building a school !! We stopped at a little out of the way cafe that sells the most delicious cakes and serves coffee in a handle less bowl !! My grandson Will ( who I am going to miss immensely had a great time (so did his mum n Annie !) and of course we had to return via the Zig Zag old train route that was built (now a road) for trains transporting logs from the hill top to transport vehicles on the lowlands
Perth WA home for the past 30 yrs
It only seems like yesterday when we dragged 2 kids half way around the world for new better life.In the beginning things got a little difficult job I started with went bankrupt after a month ! a recession hit Australia and we had a baby on the way !! BUT all changed when I applied for a temporary job with handicapped adults that lasted for nearly 30 years !! Big turning point in my life was buying a cheap house and making a very very good return on it enabling me to retire at 65 !! Getting married late in life and living my dream with the Grey Nomads of Australia and subsequent move to Queensland
Even more Train stuff
The trains at Bassendean had me mesmerized so much here are more train (with a little bus transport from the Perth area thrown in !) I could spend all day pretending to be a train driver/fireman but Ann was getting tired SO here is the final perth train episode (maybe have a few left !!)
Trains,Trains and more Trains
Today we visited the Train museum in Bassendean (birth place of Rolf Harris !!) and the display is awesome The museum is approx 2 kms from my old home in Caversham and 20 kms from Perth CBD I am an avid train fan and will be building a model railway once settled into our new home>Steam has always fascinated me and reminds me of an era gone by that will never come into existence again sadly .My younger brother Brian when a lad travelled all over the North West of England collecting train names and numbers No longer will we see the spectacle of engines like the Flying Scotsman or the ones we caught on a Sunday from Blackpool to Fleetwood in a glorious railway station that was demolished and turned into the rubbishy station it is today ! Because I have taken SO many photo,s my next blog will contain a slide show (just for enthusiasts) of more trains and memorabilia. Some of the carriage interiors are magnificent with their wooden structures,dining rooms,bedroom and a carriage specifically built with approx 6 shower rooms !! Australia is a HUGE country and rail travel was built for comfort taking into consideration the length of time a person could spend on a train travelling from coast to coast If in this area DO pay the museum a visit All associated at the museum are volunteers Entry fees go along way in helping the museum survive
Winding down towards new life in Hervey Bay Qld
Events are starting to step up a pace now ,we have 10 days left in Perth until we leave for our “new” life in Hervey Bay.Settlement has been brought forward to 28 th Sept from Oct 10th !! Removalist take everything away next Friday for the trip to Queensland (via rail) I have undergone a full medical (all is well) just need to take stress test on Monday a quick goodbye to all in Perth and away we go.Because Fremantle has been very instrumental in my West Australian life especially from a work point of view I will add more pics relating to Freo My next blog will hopefully take in the town of Kalamunda & the famous abandoned railroad The Zig Zag Blogs will be alittle slower and intermittent due to our relocating All will be back on track soon
Watch me play Didgeridoo
Geoffs Life After Work ! 