Sunday, 22 April, 2018

This was our last week in Perth - it seems like those eight weeks went really fast!  The rest of Dad's practical part of the course went well and everyone was happy with Dad's instructing and knowledge of the airplane.

On Monday night, I suggested to Dad that we go to the Belmont Tavern for their ribs special for dinner - they were the yummiest we have tasted in a long time.

Our ribs meal which we shared - definitely enough for two!

I continued with my exercise classes and also met with a personal trainer to discuss how my strength training exercises have been going.  Brendan (the personal trainer) gave me a few more exercises I can do when I am travelling and don't have access to a gym.  

On Friday, I went to the knitting/crocheting group at the Senior's Centre and showed them my finished lap blanket - they were all duly impressed!  It is actually a very easy pattern, but it looks like it is more difficult than it is.  All I have left to do now is to sew in all the loose threads.

Yesterday, we met up with our friends, Rosalea end Rob.  They used to live in Hervey Bay and we have kept in touch with them since they returned to Perth a number of years ago.  We met up at a local hotel for lunch which boasted about their ribs.  It turned out that the ribs were nothing to speak of and we were quite disappointed with our meal.  However, I had bought a mudcake to celebrate Rosalea's birthday (Rob had been away at work and no-one had celebrated her birthday on the day, so I thought that it would be nice to take her out for her special day and have a cake as well).  The mudcake was delicious and Rosalea really enjoyed being spoiled.  It was nice to have another catch-up with Rosalea and Rob before we headed back home.

Me, Rob and Rosalea celebrating Rosalea's birthday - we also bought her the frog on the table - it's for her garden and it's a solar frog so it shines at night - she loved it!

We arrived home today after a long flight from Perth to Brisbane and then on to Hervey Bay.  The local shuttle company was waiting for us when we got to the HB airport and we were home in no time.  It's nice to be in our own home if only for a week (for Dad) and two weeks (for me).

Look what was waiting in the mail for me when we got home.,,,,,