Not a lot to report for the day spent walking the streets of Fremantle .... what was I thinking? We stumbled upon a gallery selling aboriginal artwork. Two stories and five rooms of fantastic paintings. I'll let some of the images speak for themselves. Click on the link to enlarge them. We then followed modern aboriginal art with the Shipwrecks Museum. Apart from salvaged artefacts from numerous wrecks of the 19th century, it's hard to drag yourself away from th...

Friday 10th We spent the morning walking the streets of Freo. First to the Markets where we bought Baklavas for Errol and Sally who would be hosting the family gathering at 2.00pm today and Cheese for Trish who had organised it. We wandered the streets down to the Round House, The Roundhouse is the oldest public building in the State of Western Australia. Opened in January 1831, just 18 months after settlement, it was built to hold any person convicted of a...

Thursday 9th My cousin Trish (Bowden) phoned us early Thursday morning. Trish and Rob have a property at Williams, several hours south of Perth, and a holiday apartment at Cottesloe. Trish had arranged for a family reunion with all her cousins to be held at Errol & Sally's home, also at Cottesloe , on Friday afternoon. They had already arrived at Cottesloe and were looking after grandchildren for the day, however we arranged to meet for dinner on that eve...