Well our long stay at Perth was very busy. Thank you to Joy (Sue's mum) for putting us up for so long. I'm sure Joy is now enjoying a quite house, the boys did enjoy seeing you again and looking forward to seeing you more often when you move to Melbourne. As seen above we visited the picturesque Kings Park on a lovely Perth day. Great views and also a great bbq area which we all enjoyed.
We also visited the Perth Zoo, for the boys nature and animal fix. We were lucky to follow one of the elephants on their daily stroll around the zoo. We had a great day and all the boys really enjoyed the orangatangs, gibbons and the sun bears plus all the usual tigers, giraffes and lions.
We also visited adventure world for the day. On a lovely 30 degree day we played on the bumper boats, many rides such as the pirate ship (my least favourite), go carts, water play area and many and varied water slides. The kids and adults were all pretty tired by the days end. The boys favourite was the go carts and the bumper boats. (see above)
We were lucky enough to have the Endeavour replica return to Fremantle for the first time in 10 years from Sydney. We had a one hour tour that we all really enjoyed. It was a tiny ship considering the 100 plus crew and live animals on board during its travels. The ship lacked head room for Sue and I which I thought just accounted for the smaller statured people in those days.We were amazed to hear from the guides that Captain Cook was 6 foot 2 tall whilst Charles Darwin was 6 foot 4. This would have made their stay on the ship extremely challenging. Benjamin had a very funny question for one of the guides it was, "Is this captain Hooks ship"? Priceless!!!!!
Sue joined the 40's club whilst at Perth. She requested lasagne ( Sue's dads receipe) and garlic bread and Joy chose a beautiful black forest cake. Liam was very helpful with blowing out Sue's candles. Sue had selected a few presents for herself during her travels and we served breakfast in bed for her. She also requested a cooked brunch of bacon and eggs which we had not eaten on our holidays.
We also visited Rottnest Island a couple of days after an American tourist was taken by a shark whilst swimming near the island. Luckily it was not swimming weather when we visited. Prior to this shark attack WA had 2 other shark fatalities all in a space of three months. Rottnest was very beautiful and the ferry ride was very calm, no sea sickness. Maybe sea sickness is like the common cold once you get it you are immune for 2 years. I'll wait and see. The boys also enjoyed meeting the quokkas which are unique to the island. They spent at least 30 minutes picking berries and feeding the adults and babies.
The boys and I went fishing in the Swan River after I spent many hours on google trying to find the best fishing spot. We caught over 30 fish but they were all puffer fish. Maybe the recent shark attacks had scarred the whiting and flathead away. Nontheless the boys had a ball catching the puffa's, Benjamin is now proficent in casting his line and reeling a fish in. Originally he wasn't too fussed about fishing but with his big brothers encouragement he is quickly catching the bug.
After a long and enjoyable stay we left Sue's mum's house and headed for Busselton.
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