It was cold last night!! Both of us put on an additional two blankets to make it to the morning. It has been a very slow start to summer with the official date commencing tomorrow the 1st December. Winter officially starts in Canada on the 22nd December so doesn’t it make sense in the Southern … More Pemberton and back to Perth – 30th November 2018

We had to bid adieu to Michael and Heather this morning which was rather sad. Such a wonderful and happy couple with such a positive outlook on life and using an old phrase, good country souls. We did have one last feed of lambie who is doing really well now as she had a bit … More Lange Farm to Pemberton – 29th November 2018

We were very pleased to hear last night that Michael is not one of these farmers that likes to get up at the crack of dawn but a more leisurely start with breakfast at 7.30am. So like, two eager little Canadian beavers we were at the breakfast table to see Rebecca off to school whilst … More A day on the Lange Farm, Narrogin – 28th November 2018

Yesterday was a day of digestion after a full day of eating the day before at the Thanksgiving feast. We just mucked around the house and watched whilst Paul designed and erected the family Christmas tree. Not the best of photos but the tree consists of old snow skis and poles, dart board, hula hoop, … More Rest and Road Travel – 26th and 27th November 2018

Gail and Paul being American by birth, and having lived their until their late thirties like to continue the American Thanksgiving tradition which is always on the third Thursday of November. If you were reading the blog when we were in the Maritimes in Canada, we celebrated Thanksgiving with our friends Alan and Paige. You … More American Thanksgiving the Australian Way – 25th November 2018

Today was about reliving our time in Shay Gap, Western Australia. For Fraser it was 1984 to 1987 and for Di it was 1986 to 1987. Shay Gap was where Fras started his mining career as a Grade Controller and Di did a couple of months relief work in the Medical Centre. Prior to that … More Shay Gap Reunion – 24th November 2018

The decrepids didn’t get going until 11.00am but we then made up for the late start. We went down to Gail’s studio where she does her art work. It is this little oasis only about 5k from the centre of the city. There are four resident artists who do various types of art work. We … More Art Classes, Perth – 23rd November 2018

Natter fest until we broke the cycle to take Remy for a walk. Poor Remy has allergies which they are trying to find out what causes them. He scratched his way around the walk and seemed quite miserable at times. Gayle bathed him when we returned home with some special shampoo which made a huge … More Ocean Reef, Perth – 22nd November 2018

This morning Al and Jen got to bid us a farewell, for a while!! We will be back to haunt them in a couple of weeks. We are going north to a suburb called Ocean Reef to stay with some really old, old buddies of ours, Gayle and Paul. They hark back to our Sydney … More Change Over Today – 21st November 2018

Rest and Recovery day today along with catching up with friends. Al and Jen had to head off to work, the poor buggers whilst we got a bit of a sleep in. We used the day productively by catching up with all the washing and tidying up the house a bit. Brian (bird) has been … More Perth – 20th November 2018