Last 3 Days in Perth FULL Blogs will return Monday next as we head for Blackpool UK
Its been great catching up with friends,work colleagues (and residents) and family ubai is our next stop for a few days then onto my home town of Blackpool where my mission is to try and visit ALL the pubs n clubs I frequented as a young bloke (should take weeks !!) It will be great meeting my HUGE family & friends Photos hopefully will be a plenty
My Small Tribute to the Men an Women of the Armed Forces
This is our last Sunday in Australia before departing for the Shores of England (Dear old Blighty) & my small tribute to those that have kept me a free thinking person,the choice to go where ever I like,living conditions that are the best in the world ( even though I have worked 50 yrs to get to this stage !!) Kings Park in Perth is a permanent reminder of those who have served & & fallen in order to achieve the conditions mentioned The tree lined Avenue leading up to the War Memorial ( Cenotaph) has HUGE Gum trees all along the road way & each tree is named after a service person A very fitting tribute to those “Lest we forget ” The Cenotaph & the Eternal burning flame bear tribute to those past & present Service men & women who helped forge our precious way of living
Perth as I see it
Its been great to catch up with family & friends as a Tourist !! Buses in central Perth are FREE and Tourist buses (Red/Blue & Yellow) circle the town every 10 mins.The town itself is rapidly growing and lots of giant cranes hover over the city.Our main central park (Kings Park) is magnificent The fallen soldiers memorial is a tribute to the War dead & I will hopefully do a special Blog as my tribute to those that fought to give me this brilliant way of life.The park is chocabloc full of birds & Flora (sadly no kangaroos!) The spiral viewing tower is awesome & I have scaled it many times in the past (emphasis being on the past !!) we ventured into Midland,saw a movie & bumped into old pals These blogs will be a little sparse due to us flying off to Dubai for a few days then onto England (But will return beginning of December with lots of pics as we travel on )
My Home Town Perth
The flight from Adelaide was smooth EXCEPT for the last 15 minutes !! the plane made such an acute turning I thought it was goin to flip over !!! The plane started to creak ,groan & vibrate BUT we landed OK We were met at the airport by my daughter Jayne & Grandson Will (my hes a big 2 yr old!!) Stopped for breakfast & we have an old camera we gave to Will He soon picked up on how to use it and he was off taking all sorts of Pics I like the one where he pointed at Thomas the Tank Engine said SMILE Thomas !! & clicked away ah the innocence of children !! We have settled into a nice apartment central Perth ,Yards away from the waters edge Car is hired also collected our flight tickets for Dubai & UK setting off 6am Thursday next Hopefully some great pics coming in future episodes !! Stay tuned
We are currently waiting for our flight to Perth in Adelaide Airport
This closes the chapter on our first trip around Oz.The bus will stay parked at Annies brothers house until mid March when we return. It has mainly (apart from accident) been a great almost 5 months We are still friendly with each other !! The sights we have seen are incredible.The people we have met have been fantastic, each with story to tell.The stay in Ironbank and seeing some of Annies family has been really good.A street away from our last hotel in Adelaide is China Town with HUGE concrete dog/lions guarding the entrance.It is mainly habited by a huge array of Chinese restaurants & almost anything can be bought within the areas confines The Chinese we met were very friendly and not a lot of them have a good command of English ( especially mine !!) The weekend took us to the Magnificent Xmas Pageant. Sadly we were supposed to meet up with other friends ( Heather et al) BUT time wouldnt allow us. I will strive to carry this blog on while in Perth & will definately do a Blog when in Dubai & UK (29/11) I am STILL loving retirement !! Bear with me until then
Marks & Wendys house & surrounding area where we stayed at Ironbank SA
Marks & Wendys property & surrounding area is a veritable treasure trove of Flora & Fauna. We had some rain & the country side just blossomed !! we will have some treasured memories of this place BUT we will return mid March as we continue our Australian adventure We will be home in Perth on Monday but will be in holiday mode and will grace this blog with hometown pics
Final Days at Annies Brothers (Mark) house
these last few days have flown and we have had the best time at Mark & Wendys “other” house They have been terrific in their generosity & hopefully someday we can repay it The latest Pics were taken on our journey from Marks second house to where is now rebuilding an old church (a mammoth project) Annie is about to get stuck into a local dish known as a Pie Floater !! the meat pie is sat atop very mushy peas and topped off with tomato sauce !! (mushy peas still not as good as from a Blackpool chippy!!)
Annies Home Town Adelaide
Annie was born in Adelaide and spent much of her young life here in idyllic conditions ,then she met me !! This particular blog is dedicated to her mum & dad brothers & sister The building shown is where her mum n dad used to meet in their “courting” days The vacant lot is where the Family home used to be.The tunnels are coming down the Adelaide Hills into the Town Other pics were taken in the city centre Mall
Firebug Annie & Jake cook dinner on a Bonfire
Jake is quite skilled for a young fella and showed his culinary skills utilising a bonfire ! Annie was feeding the fire with great pleasure !! Mark as explained earlier had a very large container delivered from China and we all mucked in helping to unload.He gave us a quick 4 WD of his property we are staying on and it is stunning !! Forests/Lakes/Trees/Birdlife & animals are plentiful In some area s are abandoned vehicles and even a small crane We just havent had enough time to explore it more Mark has invited us to stay here when we come back for lengthy periods BUT we will be very keen to get on the road gain ( OMG I think Im turning Gypsy ! )
Watch me play Didgeridoo
Geoffs Life After Work ! 