So, we're all ok now, as the user icon is intended to portray. Best of all, Dad is ok and has recovered quicker than either of us. Probably because he sleeps a lot and we stay up until 2am only to get woken up by him at 6am with his radio right next to his ear at full blast :) I'm giggling now but wasn't at 6am ( Read more... )

Drove into Perth CBD and bought - rivetting hammer, rawhide mallet, tungsten carbide scriber, steel centre punch, ring clamp and a few other odds'n'sods ( Read more... )

Tomorrow morning, 'kay, probably afternoon, we leave for Geraldton. Will pick up messages wherever Vodafone has network coverage. Any mail (peering across the continent at Del) will be collected from Perth on our way back through in about a week or two. Depends on how we find the lay of the land :) Hoping to be in Bunbury for their tourney ( ( Read more... )

But first the pragmatic morning followed by the afternoon of frustration ( Read more... )

Have spent time at all my fave haunts around Perth and then some. York, a heritage town about 100k east was very pretty in the late afternoon sun a couple of days ago. Then the cultural heart of Perth - Art Gallery for Richard Woldendorp's retro exhibition (he's the guy who takes the amazing aerial photos around Australia). He and dad go way ( Read more... )

So, I said I'd post photos of Lord Howe Island back in early January...finally, here are the smaller versions in order of sailing there, being on the island and the return sail ( Read more... )

Some of Caroline's photos of the trip can be seen here ( Read more... )

For those non-bibliophile's amongst you who are more interested in my trip to the Art Gallery of WA, or what I did today, then fast foward to the bottom.

This idea has been stolen from Deense. Will be keeping track of the books I've read or am still reading, mostly concurrently, since late December 2006 until the end of 2007 -

*The Treasure of ( Read more... )

Okay, so I'm finally on holiday with lots of time to spare when I'm not traipsing around Perth catching up with people and decided to post to lj ( Read more... )