Finally five of us managed to walk at the beach this morning....luckily the wind was blowing south so we weren't rained on....

Pete and I had a wonderful evening with Mark, Beth and Jenny at The Secret Italian restaurant...fabulous company and delicious food ....

 

For Round 3 we had beautiful weather...nice for all our visitors to see the course in the sunshine...

Sylvia, me and Mandy....at the Presentations...I think we all really enjoyed the three days..

 

Round 2 of the Bowra & O'Dea ...and my playing partners were Joanne Ford (Lake Karrinyup Golf Club), Sue Mack (WAGC) and You-Ran Han (Melville Glades Golf Club)

We started on the 10th hole and by the time we arrived at the 11th hole it was pouring with rain.

It was so heavy that the greens flooded and we were called off the course ...

Enjoyed catching up with friends and having a coffee until we were allowed to go back on the course...when the greens were clear of water. In the photo is Thanh, Inni, Mandy, You-Ran, Julie and me.

 

Today was the first round of the Bowra & O'Dea 2024 Women's Golf Classic ...

Waiting at the first tee...

Julie (from Albany Golf Club) drove up for the tournament as did Mandy (Busselton Golf Club).

 

Waiting for the Art Gallery to open....a photo of the new university building going up....

I was quite excited to see this Time Rone exhibition....

The Time Rone is an Immersive Art Exhibition of 12 rooms by the famous street artist Rone. These rooms are in the historic Art Gallery of WA's Centenary Galleries. It is the first time the two floors have been opened to the public in 20 years...a perfect venue for the exhibition. 

A library...

A sewing room...

A room in a clothing factory...

Such a beautiful old building...

A nightclub, this was Pete's favourite...

Where letters were sorted....amazing...I had no idea...

The switchboard operators room...

...a typing pool's room...so much to see in every room ...it was the little things that were so interesting...

An office....

An artist's room...

A pharmacy or Chemist as we called it...this was my favourite room, so much to see that brought back so many memories...

I could have spent hours looking at all these magazines.....there was also music (original compositions for the exhibition) that was fantastic. What a wonderful morning it was, Pete and I just loved it all.

 On airway home we stopped in at the Save The Children Fund's annual sinter book sale in the Undercroft at Winthrop Hall at UWA....so nice to see this beautiful building and the famous pond. 

In 50 years it has not changed at all...

 

Pete and I stayed at Mandy and Graeme's house onThursday night and last night...Mandy and Graeme arrived home from Bali last night....it was good to catch up with them both before heading home. We stopped in Busselton on our return to Perth and did a little shopping...I loved this shop...The Blue Box...

On the road to Perth.... there was so much water lying in the paddocks, they looked like lakes.

 

Flynn's 3rd Birthday

Tash had the great idea to go to the Margaret River Chocolate Factory to begin celebrating Flynn's 3rd birthday. Icecreams won over chocolate... Flynn's favourite is mango.

He finished his before his big brothers finished theirs....

Ethan loved his chocolate icecream.

Will chose chocolate chip and peppermint...

After eating their icecreams the boys were off to play in the bush playground while Tash, Pete and I enjoyed coffee and biscuits.

On the way to the waterfalls....such green grass...

It wasn't surprising to see how much water was going over the falls...there has been a lot of rain down here.

Throwing sticks and gumnuts into water and watching them sail downstream...

Tash took this photo ...it isn't often that I like a photo of myself but I like this one.

His rainbow...

 

Another wintry day at the golf course...duck weather...

After golf we drove down to Cowaramup .....

Looking for Pokemons in this book...

Flynn has always loved his baths....

Ethan was very proud to show me how he could dive under water and find his little plastic animals...