Back from Perth

We got back this morning on the red-eye flight from Perth. It is excruciating trying to stay awake in order to get back to Sydney time. Sydney is three hours ahead of Perth in the summer. 

My shopping bag came in handy as usual when hubby
realised he had left his hat at home

It was my first visit to WA and it was really nice, even though you feel very removed from the rest of Australia. Hubby had a few days of work meetings and then on Saturday and Sunday we did some sightseeing. The days while I was on my own I spent riding the free buses around the city and discovering Perth. Here is one thing I found.

This hotel/restaurant is called Miss Maud and was founded by a
Swedish lady about forty years ago. It was past lunch time and
too early for dinner so I just had some tea and Princess cake.

On Saturday we went to the The Pinnacles Desert in Nambung National Park. It was amazing. We also had a delicious seafood lunch in a fishing village called Cervantes famous for its lobsters.

There are hundreds of these pinnacles in different sizes.

On the way to the Nambung National park we got a little side tracked to the town of Lancelin by a sign that said "The best beer garden in Australia". It was beer o'clock so we decided to stop and see for ourselves. It was truly magnificent, placed right on the Indian Ocean and as luck would have it we arrived right on the 11^th day of the 11^th month at 11 o'clock so we partook of the short ceremony for which the local football team was there to celebrate in honour of their war veterans.

The sea is beautifully turquoise.

Hubby was called on to take everybody's photo with each
person's camera so this took a little while.

Sunday we checked out of the hotel after having waited in vain to use the dryer for our laundry. It was a little bit my fault. I thought that it would be nice to arrive back home and not immediately have to do laundry. Instead we arrived here with a whole bunch of wet clothes that probably have to be washed again.

Hubby wanted to visit the Railway Museums in Bassendean and Midland which he did and after that we hit the Swan Valley wine district which is very close to Perth. We didn't really have time to drive all the way down to the Margaret River wine area. It was very nice and even though we were flying home hubby insisted on buying a few bottles.

The day was finished off with a quick trip to Fremantle to see the sun go down in the Indian ocean. It was magic and a beautiful end to a wonderful mini break.