It's been a very busy week - and that's a good thing. 😃
Dad's course continues to go well and all the students passed the two exams Dad gave this week.
On Monday, I went for my second appointment at the gym with the personal trainer assigned to help me with the workout which had been planned for me by Brendon. The routine, which is a warm-up, weight machines and then a cool-down, only takes about 20 minutes. The personal trainer, Jesse, showed me how to do each of the parts of the workout and then I did the moves. None of them are difficult, but it all depends on how much weight I put on the machines. The goal is to work up to a weight that I either push up with my hands or out with my feet that I can do between 8 and 16 reps and I have to do 2 sets of each right now. I have to do this 2 - 3 tines a week and hopefully my arms will get stronger during the month we are going to be here in Perth.
I continued on with my exercise classes for Monday and Tuesday. I also attended a knitting class which I found meets at the library every second Tuesday. It was fun meeting with the ladies in the group and they were very welcoming. One lady told me not to bring any knitting which I had to concentrate on when I come to the next meeting as it's hard to concentrate when we are all talking so much. 😊
Tuesday afternoon, Dad and I picked up Robyn from the airport - she is here for a week to meet up with some American friends she served with when she and Geoff were on their mission in Sydney. It was nice to have Robyn staying here with us during the first part of the week. On Wednesday, Robyn and I met up with our friends, Rosalea and Rob (we met them when we first moved to Hervey Bay - they are originally from Perth, moved to Hervey Bay, Rob couldn't find work, so they moved back to Perth). We had a lovely day with them driving from Perth south to Rockingham - stopping at Cottesloe Beach and Fremantle on the way. We had lunch in Fremantle at a fish and chip place (of course, I didn't have fish and chips, I had a chicken roll 😃), but everyone else enjoyed their fresh fish. It's interesting as there are three fish and chip places close to each other in that area and each one has a sign saying they are either the best or the favourite or the number one fish and chip place there.
Cottesloe Beach
Robyn, Rosalea and Rob walking down to Cottesloe Beach
Fishing off the rocks by the pier at Cottesloe Beach
Looking back to the Cottesloe Beach from the pier
Lighthouse in Fremantle
Me with my iced chocolate at lunch - Kailis' Fishmarket Cafe, Fremantle
Seagull waiting for scraps at Kailis'
Me sitting beside statue of fisherman - Fremantle
Robyn, Rosalea and Rob in the foreground with ferris wheel in the background
Fabulous architecture in Fremantle
Such a great idea - books are covered in brown paper with a short summary of the book on the front of the brown paper (seen while walking down the streets of Fremantle)
Tram on the street in Fremantle
Beach at Rockingham
Robyn looking out to the water at the beach in Rockingham
My Malteser/Caramel/Chocolate ice-cream I totally enjoyed from the Eye Scream Cafe in Rockingham
Thursday, Robyn and I spent time with our friend, Thea - she had also come from Perth to Hervey Bay, but her husband couldn't find work and so they returned to Perth. Thea drove us up the Swan Valley stopping at various places along the way. Our first stop was at a photography gallery after which we stopped for lunch at this really cute restaurant (Taylor's Cafe) which Thea's sister had recommended. I tried the beef massaman which was delicious. After lunch, we visited a non-alcoholic grape juice vineyard (Kafarela's) and then stopped at Whistler's Chocolate Company where they gave out free chocolate samples - yummy! We made this our 'afternoon tea' spot and I had my usual iced chocolate - and it was sooo good! I bought Dad some chocolate since he wasn't able to come with us - and I even shared it with him. 😉 Our last stop for the day was at Kings Park which is a large beautiful park with great views of Perth. It was a great couple of days with my friends.
Me and Robyn with our iced chocolates - Robyn didn't want any cream on top of hers, so I told the girl to put hers on mine 😆
On Friday, Robyn, Dad and I went to the airport to pick up Robyn's friends from the States. They had arranged a place to stay with another friend's parents, but they lived 2 hours away and Robyn's friends had no way of getting there. Poor Robyn didn't know what to do, so I suggested we call Rosalea (who had offered her place earlier) to see if the offer still stood - thankfully, it did. Everyone came to our place for dinner which gave us a chance to get to know Robyn's friends, Jim and Marie McKell, a little bit.
On Saturday, Dad and I went geocaching and we were able to find three out of three. We love being outside in nature and having some treasure hunting to do just adds to it.
One of the geocaches we found - the 'treasure' was under a log which had been hollowed out and the container put into the hole of the log - the log had then been placed by a tree and it looked like it totally belonged there - very clever cache!
Views from the geocache - beautiful
On Sunday, after church, we went over to Rosalea's to have dinner with Robyn and her friends. Rosalea is a great cook and the roast lamb dinner she made was so delicious.
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