An amazing and very attractive kinetic sculpture at the Yallingup Garden Gallery...it moved so gracefully in the wind...Pete and I spent the morning visiting the various art galleries in the area.

 

 

Smith's beach, in the late afternoon....had a glorious swim and then a glass or two of champagne on the beach with Chris and Juliet...

 

Tash and Todd stayed with us last night and this morning we set off rather early to the Olive Oil Soap Factory...this is their driveway...(we enjoyed listening to the cricket on the way!)

 

Next stop was Hayshed Hill again for another quick visit...Tash took this photo of Pete and I.

 

The lake on the Hayshed Hill property....

 

Todd, Pete and Tash at Pt Piquet....the water was unbelievably clear, sooo nice. 

What a fabulous day we had today.....

 

Hayshed Hill Winery...where we had breakfast with Todd, Tash, Jo and Ash....this is where Todd and Tash are getting married next year.

 

The view from the restaurant...stunning

 

 

After breakfast we stopped off at the place we call The Aquarium which is a little spot along the coast near Canal Rocks..

 

 

...there are calm, crystal clear rock pools deep enough to swim in and also some areas where the waves come crashing in, with views up the coast..

 

 

Brad, Jo, Ash, Pete and Nerida...

 

 

...the beautiful beach is covered in little broken shells..

 

 

In the evening we all met up again at Meelup for a picnic dinner ....

 

and a game of Kubb (outdoor game)....

 

....then watched the sky change colours over the water as the sun set...

 

Smith's Beach....looking as stunning as ever...wonderful swim there this morning.

 

Pete and I are staying at Niki's place whilst down in Dunsborough and today we invited Juliet and Chris, Tash, Todd, Ash, Jo,  Nerida and Brad (who are all holidaying down south as well) to lunch. After which we all went for walk down to the foreshore...very enjoyable day.

Dunsborough foreshore...Pete and I are down south for five days....

Boxing Day

 

Tash and Pete

 

Chris in the crystal clear water at City

 

Watching the test....

Christmas day

 

A swim and a sparkling rose with my darling husband ....

 

preparations for lunch at Mandy and Graeme's....

 

 

the family...and Susie.

 

Christmas Eve...at Tash and Todd's

 

Moore and Moore cafe where Tash and I stopped for a coffee after our successful afternoon of shopping in Fremantle...

 

Pete and I at Royal Fremantle Golf Course....we played with Natalie and Andei and then went back to their place for dinner...what a nice day!

 

My golf umbrella...standing at the 16th tee, waiting for the boys to tee off...Pete and I had a great game with Jane and Les .

Sitting in a circle opening presents at Julie and Brian's home...a wonderful night of food, wine and conversation.

 

Our tree this year....I had a really relaxing day today, wrapping presents and cooking the Christmas pudding before going off to Dean's Christmas party at Warnbro.

 

Natalie and Cathy...two fabulous friends that I am lucky to work with... today we had lunch at Caffe Italia to celebrate Cathy's birthday.

 

The beautiful little flowers of the Illawarra Flame tree...

 

Our rear right-of-way or back lane as we call it....there are plenty of them in Wembley and I think they give the suburb, character.

 

A champagne tonight to celebrate Jeremy's uni results....first class honours in law... a well deserved result to a very enthusiastic and hardworking student. (Thanks to Todd for the photo).

 

The fabulous wall mural on the art deco building of Luna Cinema in Leederville....painted by Fintan Magee.

 

Our lone swan on the lake at the golf club...Pete and I played with Janine and Greg this morning...we all played well, which is pretty good for a stroke game.

 

 Surf carnival at Floreat Beach this morning.. we enjoyed watching the marching as we went walking past, brought back many memories of when my kids did surf club.

 

Our annual post beach end of year breakfast...everyone brought yummy food and delicious champagne...I love my Saturday morning beach friends.(Mandy, Pauline, Marjolijn, Juliet,  Julie, Margot and myself).

 

More decorations....

 

One of the beautiful gums on our golf course...between the 13th and 14th hole....against the blue sky it looked magnificent.

 

A few little decorations ....starting to feel like Christmas.

 

Jeremy and Macario...both so handsome...Jeremy is spending a little time with Phil, Carlo and Macario in Sydney at the end of his holiday over east.