It's been a busy week for both of us topped off with a nice relaxing weekend.
Dad started his course - Airbus 320 - on Monday - with 8 guys - all of them are quite experienced which is nice for Dad. Everyone seems to be picking up the information well - the first exam is on Monday, so that will be a good indicator if things are going as well as they appear to be to Dad. The guys ask lots of questions which often means that they are keen to learn more about the airplane and also seem to be looking deeper than the information being taught which Dad also likes.
I spent my mornings this week at the Leisure Centre for Body Balance, Aquafit and Senior Circuit classes. Senior Circuit takes place in the gym - the fitness instructor places various equipment in a circle and we use each piece of equipment for one minute and then rotate on to the next piece of equipment. I also went to the Seniors' Centre for a Tai Chi class and a get together called 'Busy Fingers' - it's a group of women who get together to do different crafts (knitting and crocheting) and also a bus brings a group of women who are shut-ins to the Centre at the same time - most of them come for the social aspect - they are even provided a lunch on that day. I walk to and from the classes and so that gives me an hour of walking every day, too.
On Thursday, I met up with my friend, Thea (she and her family used to live in HB, but returned to Perth a couple of years ago). We picked up Mexican for lunch and then just spent the afternoon chatting at her house - it's always nice to get together with friends.
On Friday, I decided to treat myself and so I got a pedicure - I just love having my feet pampered! 😃 I chose a bright orange for the nail polish - I always choose bright colours - it's my wow factor! 😃
See my pretty toes 😃
Yesterday, Dad and I went geocaching for the day. We packed a picnic lunch and headed off to King's Park which is a huge park here in Perth - it's right on the water and is a really beautiful place to be. We searched for 8 geocaches and were successful in finding 7 of them - the one we couldn't find, we are going to return to at a later date as there were too many people around to give it a good search. When you are searching for a geocache, the idea is to not
allow people see what you are doing as they might get curious and go and look at it and take it or move it or whatever. We had a fabulous day out - the sky was blue and the sun was warm and there was a slight breeze - there is no way we could have asked for a better day off. 😃
King's Park is so busy on the weekends
Dad and his iced chocolate for 'morning tea'
If Dad gets one, I get one 😃
This tree was planted in memoriam of a soldier who died serving his country - Private Harry C. Rojo II Batallion - Pozieres - 25 July, 1916 - aged 20 - planted by his father - Pozieres is in France - the Battle of Pozieres (23 July, 1916 - 3 September, 1916) took place northeast of the village of Pozieres, during the Battle of the Somme. It was written that Pozieres ridge "is more densely sown with Australian sacrifice than any other place on earth" - there were many trees planted for other servicemen who had died during a war in which Australia fought in
Stand-up paddleboarders on the river
A hen's party set up in the park (like a bachelorette party) - there were cushions around a large table for the guests to sit on
Set-up for a wedding in the park by the river (there were a few weddings in the park yesterday)
Black Swans by the river (the river is called the Swan River)
Boats at the marina
Children kayaking in small kayaks just their size
A pelican on the river
One of our geocache finds
Our picnic lunch - sandwiches, pickles, veggies and strawberries - so yummy!
A lunch guest 😃
Where we found another geocache - this one was very well camouflaged
This geocache was really hard to find - we had to climb this small hill which was covered in leaves - it was quite slippery and so was a bit of an adventure - but we conquered it 😃 and we even found two travel bugs to take to other geocaches in the future
Speedboats on the river
A really interesting looking tree
Old church (part of which has been demolished) in a place called 'Sunset Hospital' - Sunset is a former hospital and aged care facility - it was set up in 1906 under the name 'Claremont Old Men's Home' and housed up to 750 men - it's made from large stone blocks quarried from local limestone and I love the architecture - we met a couple there who explained the history of the hospital to us - it is a very interesting story - it is now a heritage listed site - the previous government planned to renovate the site - that government lost the last election and the current government has not done anything to the site - it looks quite dilapidated right now, but hopefully, in the not too distant future, it will be returned to its previous glory
The area in which we did the geocaching is a really posh area - there were many huge houses, but this one caught my eye - the circular part of the left side of the house is all made of glass
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