Perth Holiday - Western Australia

At last we have been able to visit My sister an brother-in law in Perth, what a great visit, wonderful hosts, lots of wine tasting and even some wine drinking.
Went visit to Margaret River area which is about a 3 hour drive from Perth where some very kind friends of my sister had lent us their holiday house for a few days, we were able to use this as a base to visit the wineries of the area, lots of good food and Aust wines were consumed.

Busselton Jetty - Margaret River

Although we had a couple of grey days, the visit was just perfect, a very nice place to live.
The visit coincided with the US elections, which, as my sister who was a AFS student and spent a year at school in the US, now is a confirmed Democrat - her American sister was/is working for the Democrat party, so there was slightly more than a academic interest in the results.

Happily Obama was re-elected president, I hate to think what would have happened if the Republicans had won, considering their past performance with Bush and the Wof MD and the current situations in Gaza and the Middle East.

We had an American themed dinner to celebrate. "Cheers Patty - well done"

Back to real life in NZ and the body clock almost adjusted, I have been working on fitting the boarding platform on the stern of the boat, so we can get the dog on and off, if this doesn't work he's off to dog prison when we go away sailing.

Finally, getting our garden back in order, it's amazing how quickly plants grow at this time of year.
Had to mow our lawns 3 times to get them back under control!