Perth

Had 10 days in Perth attending the wedding of my goddaughter Marianne and daughter of my old school friend Eileen. It was a very joyful occasion, in fact the bride smiled all day from 11 in the morning till 11 at night. The wedding was out in the Swan Valley, a very picturesque area a few kms out of Perth with lots of wineries. Before the day we spent a day in town looking at art gallery with its many Aboriginal paintings, the State Library , a very comfortable spacious library with lots of free internet access points and good reference books and the museum, which had a good exhibition on the history of Perth and its settlement. Also did the obligatory shopping for goodies at Target and other shops. After the wedding we had 3 days down at Margaret River, a small town with lots of small shops, the river of course, looking a bit devoid of water at the end of summer, and a National Park. It is also a wine area too and there were lots of tours featuring those. We imbibed locally each evening instead and did a couple of walks along the river and a trip to Augusta, further south on a cape where the Indian Ocean meets the Southern Ocean. Spent Easter back in Perth going to the Good Friday ceremony and mass on Easter Sunday, finishing off with a lovely roast dinner cooked by Frank. Home again on an evening flight travelling on airpoints Business Class which was very nice. Have had a couple of days to get rid of the jetlag and get acclimatised to the slightly cooler climate. Over there it got up to 35 C, here is is about 22 C .