My week was filled again with classes at the Leisure Centre and Tai Chi and knitting at the Seniors' Centre. This week was also the monthly meeting of the library book club. The book we read was called 'Caleb's Crossing' and I actually didn't finish the book - I just couldn't get into it. The story was sort of interesting, but not interesting enough to read anymore than I did. There was a good discussion about the book during the book club meeting - there were about ten women there - and after the discussion finished, it was time to just socialize with everyone. They are a friendly group - we'll see how next month's meeting goes. The book for April is 'Catch-22' - one I remember was read a lot in high schools, but not one that I ever read.
On Friday, my friend, Thea, picked me up from the Leisure Centre and we spent the afternoon together. Of course, we started out with an iced chocolate and then had lunch by the pond near the Leisure Centre. It's always nice to hang out with friends and have a good chat. 😃
Yesterday, Dad and I drove to a quaint little town east of Perth called York. We thought it would be nice to get away for the weekend and check out some other places around this area. We started off going to the Peace Park Charity Markets - we thought that we might find some different things for sale there, but it was really just a garage sale in various stalls. York has kept a lot of their heritage buildings (you know how much I love that old-style architecture) and so Dad and I spent 1 1/2 hours walking up and down the main street listening to a self-guided walking tour which Dad had downloaded onto his phone. It was really interesting learning about the history of the different buildings. Along the way, we stopped for some cake for morning tea at the local bakery. Next stop was Penny Farthings Sweets - a (lolly) candy store - we enjoyed poking around the store, especially me since there were a number of lollies which reminded me of my childhood in Wagga. We ordered some Chinese food for lunch and ate it in Avon Park by the Avon River which was really nice and then walked along the suspension bridge which goes over the river. After lunch, we drove to the York Ice Cream Company to taste their ice-cream which had been touted as the 'best ice-cream you have ever tasted'. Dad ordered passionfruit and I opted for their award winning licorice ice-cream. It was expensive ($5.) for 150ml and, although it was tasty and very flavourful, Dad and I both agreed that we would rather have a Kawartha ice-cream. After a visit to Mount Brown Lookout to see a view of the town of York and look for a geocache (we were successful), our final stop was at the Tipperary School Museum. When we got there, a volunteer called Ken gave us a tour of the one room schoolhouse and told us some of the history of the school along with some local history. He was a fountain of knowledge and we really enjoyed our time there. On the way to our Airbnb, we searched for two more geocaches and were successful both times. Our host at the Airbnb, Erin, was waiting for us at her place which was a little out of town of the next place we visited today (Northam). She and her husband built a little add-on to their house for family who come and visit from England - when there is no-one visiting, she puts it up on Airbnb. It was a fabulous place - so large and everything was so comfy - we very much enjoyed relaxing for the evening in the big leather chairs and had a great night's sleep there. In the morning, we ate a fabulous breakfast which Erin provided (croissants, yogurt, fresh cut up fruit and orange juice).
Western Australian Bank
Another geocache - hidden in between two tree trunks under a rock
Today, once we got going - it was hard to get out of the comfy bed 😀 - we drove over to another little town called Northam. My friend, Thea, had told me it was pretty ordinary compared to York ...and she was right. We did have a tasty iced chocolate at the cafe in the Visitor Information Centre and enjoyed walking over the suspension bridge which spanned the Avon River. However, the self-guided walk of the main street left a lot to be desired. It was nowhere as good as York's, so it was quite disappointing. After checking out the silo art, we decided to leave the town and head home stopping at various geocaches along the way. We found nine out of nine of them - we were very happy about that and considered it a successful day!
