Life in Perth 2012

Groovin' the Moo!

 All the gang in Busselton before heading to the festival.

At AQWA

Fremantle Prison Tunnels tour. 

All harnessed up, breath tested and safety briefed for the lethal 20m descent into the historical tunnels. Come on, its fool proof. Interesting history though and cool paddling boats through the tunnels in the dark!

"Id rather a life of 'oh wells', rather than a life of what ifs"

Irrelevant Elephant playing at Mojos

 Ice skating at Fremantle Winter Festival

Serpentine Falls

Nurse award 

Perth City from Kings Park. We went there for some nibbles and wine, then once the sun had set tested out our cameras on Perth's peak hour traffic.

Western Mudd Rush!

I joined Elissa and her friends in the Mudd Rush. Their were 18 obstacles and it was 8km long. It wasn't really so much a race, more of a team exercise as you had to help your team over hay bails, under pipes, over high walls, through tires, down a giant water slide and through lots and lots of mud!!!

Ballinup Medieval Carnivale

I spent a weekend with Emily down in Bunbury. Her, Dan and I visited the Ballinup Medieval Carnivale. There were people all dressed up in mideviel costumes. Businesses from around the area set up stalls to sell their products. We tasted lots of ciders, cheese, biscuits and mulled wine. 

Florida and Thanksgiving

Broome time

Brent and I joined Mum, Dad and Nana, as well as some of the surf clubbers on a trip to Broome! They were all going up there for the annual Broome Surf Club finals. Mum, Dad and Nana campervanned it all the way up there with the Joses.

Of course the trip began with some beautiful Broome sunsets on Cable beach. The water was warm and a welcomed escape from wintery Perth.

Sunset at Cable beach

A day on the green. (Although most of it was spent in the bushes looking for golf balls!)

Willy Creek

Pearl farm tour at Willey Creek. Learnt about how pearls grow and how they are farmed. Had a boat trip up the river to pull up some pearls.

Wearing a $39,600  pearl necklace! 

Beagle Bay

Now how many people can say they have been to Beagle Bay? As much of a national gem it is, probably not many, but we have. After about a two hour drive down a corrugated dusty red track we finally got to the quaint town of Beagle bay. It was just a small aboriginal community. We went their to see the church which was entirely decorated out of shells. It was really beautiful. We then realised that from here we could not go to the beach because it was all private land and also only mangroves near the coast. So we sat in the bush and had some lunch and a drink and made our way back down the track!

About 3/4 in we found this sign to say that the road was rough, no shit!

Fishing charter. We saw whales, turtles and ocean! Didn't have much luck fishing off the bottom, but trawling we managed to get a few big Spanish Mackerel and some Trevally. 

Fishing Trip

A highlight was our fishing trip me and the boys went on. Dad, Brent, John and I went on a deep sea fishing tour. The catch wasnt too impressive but we did catch some big Spanish mackerel and had plenty of fish for a feed.

Having a beer with lunch, this is when all the action began!

Spanish Mackeral! Catch of the day!

Outdoor cinemas. Sun Pictures is the worlds oldest picture gardens, est. in 1916. Its also the cinema used in the film Australia. We watched Salmon Fishing in the Yamen. 

Relaxing on the nudist's end of the beach. We walked for miles to find an empty bit of beach to take a skinny dip! oh the liberation!

Last sunset in Broome

Enjoying a Matso's Ginger Beer and the sunset.

Margaret River trip

Big Day Out Wine Tour!

We went to three wineries, one brewery, one spirits factory, chocolate factory and cheese factory.

Lakes Cave

 Megan and Andrew joined us at the Lakes cave. First you had to walk down a huge flight of stairs into the gully where the cave was. The cave used to be where we were but it collapsed, leaving a big crater. At the bottom is the entrance to the cave which has a lake and stalactites so big they hang from the roof, just touching the water.

Amazin!

We went to this maze park. It had a big hedge maze which we raced through. This is a stepping stone puzzle. The boys are trying to work out how to get from the start to the middle following the pattern white, red, black.There was also a turning left maze, bowls and quoits!

Having a seafood platter and Clancy's Fish Pub

Watching the people and dolphins surf at Yallingup beach

Watching Brent surf at Gracetown

Sunset from Busselton Jetty

Cape Naturaliste

Cape Leeuwin

Where the Southern Ocean and Indian Oceans meet

Ngilgi cave

Bootleg Brewery

Picnic at a winery

  Gloucester tree, Pemberton

Yes, we conquered this 60 meter high beast, revealing to all my fearlessness, strength and courage! Not! One tiny baby step at a time I inched myself up. It is sooo high! The view from the top was amazing and it felt like such an achievement to get to the top. When I finally got down it was so good to lie on the ground, and my legs and arms were like jelly!

Kalbarri

Kalbarri weekend getaway

Hawks Head, Kalbarri National Park

Cliffs along the Kalbarri coast

Living on the edge

Hidden beach

Black Cockatoo at the Kalbarri rainbow jungle bird park

 Pinnacles

Pinnacles