Adventures in Hervey Bay: Sunday, 28 September, 2014

It was a very busy week this week - no more resting and relaxing for me. Dawn (Dad's boss's wife) likes to get out every day and so that's what we did. The train station is about a ten minute walk from the unit where we are staying and the city of Perth is only three stops from us. Dawn likes to shop and so we spent a couple of days stickybeaking in stores. I didn't buy much - just a purse and some stuff from the Body Shop - but we did a lot of walking and talking. We also ate lunch out every day we went downtown (so much for my eating plan this week :-) I did get to have a couple of curries which was nice - I don't usually buy it when Dad is with me cuz we usually share meals and his tummy doesn't like curries. I have also become 'addicted' to iced chocolates - they are so yummy - milk with chocolate syrup streaming down the sides of the glass with a scoop of ice cream and topped with whipped cream and chocolate shavings - I had a few of them this week. :-) One day, we went to a museum which was really interesting and another day we rode the four free buses which cover the downtown area of Perth just to see what there was to see.

My new purse

Skull of a great killer whale

Jaws of a white pointer shark

Dinosaur skeletons

Examples of beautiful Perth architecture

Cranes are EVERYWHERE (Perth is a growing city)

More architecture

Perth Arena (used for sports games and concerts)

Check out the street sign - it's COLIN Street :-)

Perth Arena (another view)

More architecture

Dawn and I - taking a selfie on the bus (yeah, I know, I need some practice )

A beautiful park in Perth

Everyone is allowed to cross at the same time, even kitty corner

Beautiful church in Perth

Eating a meat pie for lunch - how Aussie, eh? :-) - and it was soooooooo delicious!

Another beautiful church in Perth

We also made another wonderful purchase this week. I was talking with Nana about how I wanted to learn to play the piano and she suggested that I found out how much it would cost to take an electric piano with me whenever we are travelling with Dad's work. I talked with Dad about it and he said it would cost a lot to do that as it couldn't just go as a piece of extra luggage. So, we decided that we would go onto the internet to a site in Australia which people list things for sale on and see how much it would cost to get one in each of the cities we travel to. We ended up getting an AMAZING deal on one right here in Perth - it's a Casio 61 key electronic piano which comes with a stand, a seat, a plug and a book stand AND it was only $30. We were so excited to find such a great deal! I also was given a second hand beginner piano book to practice with here (I have an adult beginner book at home from when Terri-Ann started teaching me years ago), so I have been practicing this week. It's a tough slog sometimes (I can see why you had a hard time sitting at the piano to practice for half an hour a day, Jennifer :-) But, I am determined to keep going and it's great having something else to spend my time doing during the day.

Our new electric piano

Dad had another test this week and it was quite a difficult one to study for. Dad spent a lot of time going over his notes and he was a little stressed while studying as there was so much information to go over and to commit to memory. He received 100% on the test - yay! He has two more to go in this coming week - he will be happy when they are all over with.

Dawn and Harry took us on another road trip this weekend - it was a very full couple of days. We walked around the mall, went to a used book sale (where I bought tons of books), went to a craft store (where I bought wool to make Dad some toques - he needs them when he is teaching practical training on the planes at night in the winter in Melbourne and Perth), ate lunch at a British style pub, went for a walk through a historical village (what life was like in the town of Kalamunda in the early 1900s) and had an iced chocolate at a cute cafe.