Day 70 Perth West Coast won on Friday!
Sunday, April 18, 2010 at 05:56AM Good evening, well the last couple of days I have not written a blog, have you ever had one of those weekends where you just want to do nothing? This was one of those weekends!
Friday night we went out to Japanese for dinner, great food & restaurant but no liquor license so Ness had tea & I had some fruit juice stuff. The annoying thing about this is that they have a drinks menu on the menu, but when I ordered a beer they said they did not have a liquor license yet! It’s a bit like when you think you have a chocolate hidden away somewhere but when you go looking for it someone has eaten it! Bummer!
Saturday morning we had to work, but after that we went into Perth city for a look, Perth parking is the worst of any city in Australia!!!! For a start the Red Bull air race is on this weekend so there are heaps of streets blocked, but the ones that are open only have 15 or 30 minute parking limits! Who can shop in 15 or 30 minutes? Especially with Ness!!!!
We were just about to go home when we found a Factory Outlet, it had a parking area next to it! So we ducked in there & went shopping.
Got home without any new shoes for Ness, but I did score some new shirts (they were a bargain!)
We then went out for tea at one of the guys that we worked with up at Yandi, Hugh is a mine manager and he is also South African, he invited a few of his friends and family over too, now he is a really nice bloke but have you ever been to one of those dinners that you could almost go to sleep! And the other thing is that he has dogs, his daughter has dogs & his neighbour has a dog! And they were all at dinner too!!!! Their back yard smelled like dog! Poor Ness is not an animal person and there were dogs jumping on her all night! I love my Panda and would do anything for her but this was just too much! It wasn’t the menagerie of dogs that concerned me( I just coped with that) it was the smell of dog urine and poop everywhere, that is what made me gag all night!! You can have dogs and not have that smell....I know this as I have plenty of friends and family with dogs and their homes never smell.
Today we decided we would get out of the hotel, so decided to head down to Fremantle for brekky, this place is busy, most of the cafe’s were full, there were not many empty tables. We found a place called the Freo Bakery Cafe & it was a nice breakfast.
We then decided to walk breakfast off and went down the beach, I reckon if I had to live in any city in Australia it would have to be Perth or Fremantle, it is a really pretty city with plenty of walking and bike paths.
Ok enough of the touristy stuff, what have you all been up to? How was your weekend? I have noticed that not many people read the blog on weekends, so you all must be busy? We share our weekend, let us know what you are doing?
I just realised that we are up to day 70, so that means we have been away for 70 days, man that is a long time to be away from home! There have been a couple of days lately that I have been really looking forward to getting back to Saltbush. But having said that we are still enjoying the trip. Just missing things like the shed, the garden, the HG, Panda and everything else at Saltbush.
We had a client cancel some work next week, now we are not really worried as I get to charge them a cancellation fee. But I was more disappointed that this site will miss out on some of the stuff that other sites get. But they do want to get me back later in the year so I will charge them for not going & then get to charge them for coming back later!
Ness has a hospitality background, and you know when someone has experience in a particular area they can compare it to what they are used to. But she is a bit annoyed that all the plates are in high cupboards, all the appliances (toaster/kettle) are also in high cupboards. Funny thing is I have stayed here before without Ness and it has never been a problem for me!.... Me thinks she is too fussy! But it is meant to be the disabled access room and I can’t reach half of the appliances(no short jokes required). James reckons I should go into business advising hotels on how to set up there disabled access rooms and facilities properly. Maybe!!
Also housekeeping do not come until 3-4pm, she says that it should be done earlier! I say if she has experience & is not happy with it then she should do it herself! (hope she does not read this blog!)
A couple of readers questions/comments. Lesley asked if I will stop the blog when we get home..... No Les, I am enjoying sharing my life with you guys, I’ll keep it going when I get home because I will have much more to write about (Dan & Brad!) Heather would you care to share with us your husbands hair removal process? I’m sure there are a lot of readers that have similar problems with their husbands & wives! Granny has been spying on Brad via my blog, she wants to know what he has been up to!..... I was just kidding mum, he is not getting into any more trouble than he normally does!
Anyway flying back to Newman tomorrow, be good to get back to the van & our own car. Speak to you all from there.
James
Reader Comments (8)
hey dad and ness
just informing you mums house smells but that's not because of the dog :P
Love Dan
Well this weekend I worked my half day on Saturday and then went to a shopping center downtown to buy some toiletries...came home with toiletries, some neat new snacks...two Valentino ties and a work shirt(all a massive bargain!!)
Then last night went out to a new event night that launched last evening at a hotel here, a Fillipino Band which were really good did a huge range of covers-ABBA, lady Gaga, Pussy cat Dolls, had a bit of a dance, had a couple beers, met some new people, home and in bed just after midnight.
Woke up this morning and went for a run in the gym, had some breakie, went for a walk around the lake next to the hotel and took some pics for facebook, came home and watched the newest Doctor Who and then skyped with Juan to chat about the episode.
Then went for a 30min swim, followed by an anti aging collagen facial, which pretty much brings me to now, when I'm about to order some dinner and watch a couple new episodes of Fringe.
Nice weekend...
What are you tying to do to us?????? Your Blog is very addictive ............Please don't make us go cold turkey for that long again.............I am seeking therapy today as a result!
I hope Hugh doesn't read the blog!
how addictive is blogging reading and/or writing them?? keep up the good work! are you writing a book also?
don't stop the blog or I will have nothing to do in my breaks from working
Jamie had a great birthday on friday and we took him out to tea on sat night at the little pub near us - it was unreal, I will book us in when you come up, the reef and beef was to die for - they do something special with the prawns which will astound and amaze Vanessa
I also tried my very first calzone (unbelievable)
We also met Sammy's new boyfriend (really nice) and I think i have taken over as the favorite with braidy - she was upset when I left yesterday LOL! - so that puts me ahead of James with two neices and five nephews who now regard me as the best!!
dont go out and buy them all presents James as that is regarded as cheating LOL!
PS: dont decide to live in Perth as I hate the place
I hate to use your blog as a Q&A session but I just wanted to know from Rob - do the collagen anti ageing facials work?
I think you guys should ditch he blog when you get home and do a relaity TV show that is the aussie version of jess and Nicks the newlyweds!
My other comment tonight is to ask why the hell anyone from the united kingdom and those aussies born before 1950 refer to dinner as tea ?It drives me freakin insane.
Last comment as apparently I have been quiet is Ness great idea about handicapped rooms. Do you want to rite somethign that I can get published in the exec HSK or AHA mag