The last day of autumn and  a walk down town to the library...this is the new Como, The Treasury Hotel, which is just stunning inside. 

Only three of us this morning at the beach, Mandy, Pauline and myself. Although it was sunny, there was quite a strong chilly sea breeze blowing so very few people were about. Between Floreat and City we enjoyed watching this lone kite surfer, surfing in towards the beach and then out to sea. When he finally came all the way in to the sand, I realised it was Phil Ellis from our golf club... I was so impressed, he looked awesome!

" Mandy's Birthday "

To celebrate Mandy's birthday, Tash and Todd invited us all over for dinner, and what a delicious dinner it was. We had such a nice evening.

I went for a walk with Tash and Rusty this afternoon, here he is learning to cross the road. He truly is becoming very obedient (very well trained by his determined owners!).

Tash and Todd are very lucky to live quite near this beautiful parkland full of pine trees , so much for a dog to sniff around here!

And we ran into another vizla and her owner.....

Jeremy is in Sydney for work and enjoyed catching up with Phil, Carlota and Macario for lunch yesterday. I do think there is some family resemblance. I love this photo of Phil that Jeremy sent too.

 What a wild and windy day in was in Perth today.  Pete and I were enjoying delicious coffee and banana bread at Tash and Todd's when the storm hit.

On our way home, the sun came out and we stopped at Cottesloe beach ...amazing!

Afternoon walk....cloud rolling in, storms tonight...

Melville Glades Golf Course....where we played pennants today ...

 

Only four of us at the beach this morning, as Maree is still recovering from her broken leg and Margot, Marjolijn and Julie are all in Europe. It is great to have the beach to ourselves again.

I was thrilled when Tash sent me this beautiful photo of her and Todd and their newly born niece Harriet Rose....I can't wait to meet her. 

 

How many women does it take to fix a GCMS? Lyn, Sujata and Jock-Ian trying to get it working again.

 

What a good looking dog!

 

Another walk along the coast this morning....Marguerite and Barb at Torpedo Rocks

 

Chris looking out towards Smith's Beach

 

Coffee stop....

 

Yallingup foreshore, surfers in the distance...

 

 

Chris picking quinces for us to take home.

 

....some mandarins as well..

 

..and my favourite, macadamia nuts...

 

 

What a wonderful weekend we all had. On the journey home Pete and I passed this driveway ...isn't it just stunning? I just had to stop and take a photo.

 

Marguerite, Barb, Pete, Chris and Juliet walking in the bush near their house in Yallingup.

 

After our morning walk in the bush, we trekked along some of the Cape to Cape walk, it was very wild and windy but still spectacular scenery.

 

Marguerite enjoying the ocean view and her bread roll when we stopped for lunch.

 

Chris, Juliet and Marguerite on the track (so nice not to have to worry about snakes!).

 

Wilyabrup Cliffs.....

 

Chris, in the distance and an abseiling rope in the foreground (not ours of course, but we were lucky enough to see some climbers).

 

Down below the cliffs...equally as exciting...

 

On the way back home, a quick stop at Deep Woods Winery....the vines looked magnificent with their autumn coloured leaves.

 

A few quick games of scrabble after a delicious meal.....

 

Pete and Barb, cooking dinner on the verandah at Chris and Juliet's house in Yallingup. We are here this weekend to help Juliet celebrate her birthday and to relax and enjoy the beautiful south west.

 

WAGC Charity Day, once again....Captain Jan and Vice Captain Angie handing out the cards to all 144 players.

 

Jenny and Mavis ran the sock raffle....

 

Margaret and Julie looked after the jams and pickles stall....

 

The many golfers from various clubs around Perth walking off to their starting tees before the siren sounded.  It was a very successful and enjoyable day, we raised $17000 for our chosen charities.

 

After a busy day at golf, it was wonderful to sit and relax and listen to the absolutely stunning voice of Katie Noonan, who performed with the Brodsky Quartet at the concert Hall this evening.

 

Gorgeous gum trees on the Royal Fremantle course this morning, where we won our first Metro Div 3 pennant game.