Congratulations Champ

10.5 hours beat her own record today, she managed 13 hours of sleep...... All whilst I was Whats apping the mother of my new grand daughter at 5am because I was awake, still even I managed 5 hours sleep at 7am, much to the hotel cleaners surprise........ Not sure if 'flashing' to a hotel cleaner is an offence in Australia.........

So this afternoon taken up by a wild life hunt on a Island in the middle of the Swan river, which we can see from bedroom window and no sooner did we find four wild kangaroos, did we find 'Mr Boring can't get a good looking Thai bride so this one will have to do' apparently he used to be in foot ware and told the Spanish, the Chinese are coming etc etc......... O M G look the kangaroo is yawning I reply and dart off to take some photos I know I will delete later on, along with the photo of his mother's behind whilst she was crawling on all fours in the undergrowth trying to creep up on a baby roo, she did ask later that I do not publish it as it could not be a good view....... Amazing! I thought later when I viewed it, she must be psychic, she was so right......... Then off to become one of the six million visitors to Kings Park, where for some reason a mother Duck got the hots for me and started Duck foreplay by snapping at my ankles........ Before a walk amongst the tree tops on a walk way that whilst it should have been closed, one of us thought if the other end is closed and we do get stuck up here, perhaps we could play the scene from Rapunzel in reverse......... A case of been here two days and already thinking like a typical Australian male in that I'm alright Bruce....... 

Day One an easy relaxing day to get over the travelling.......

Well someone slept for 10.5 hours whilst someone else got 4.5 hours sleep in two sessions during which time they completely messed up their internet banking log on and password, so ended up having to phone the UK within a few hours of being here.  The good thing about that was that it was 2am UK time so Bank able to sort it in double quick time, result....... 

After more Australian Weet-Bix, which is nowhere near as sophisticated as our own Weetabix, it was off for phone SIM cards, Cash and electric plug adaptors with a detour of a five mile stroll, via Jacobs ladder a 242 step access to Frasers Ave lookout point, this is where the locals use it as a resource in fitness training, and where 10.5 hours sleep failed miserably in assisting someone to ascend without at least 5 stops, which enabled the fitness trainers to lap one of us...........  However lunch at the top involved the view in photo below, along with 4.5 hours celebrating their first Australian pie and a pint...........

4.5 hours now in dog house after referring to 10.5 hours, who was trying on sun hats, that she reminded him of Benny from Crossroads............

New Aussie Telno's are: 10.5 hours sleep = 0061 488459175 and 4.5 hours sleep = 0061 488459061.

We have arrived

Arrived late, tired but in good spirits, left just over hour late, would you believe due to congestion at Dubai at 3am in the morning, made up some time, only to arrive and be checked out for Ebola....... You have to hand it to the Australians, they seem to have got it right as to who they let into their country.

Get to hotel and just miss sunset from bedroom window, also too late for SIM card purchase so Australian telephone numbers hopefully available tomorrow. Just had dinner consisting of Weetabix, followed by tea and now for zzzzzzzzxxzx

Pre Flight Checks

1. Passports

2. Visa's

3. iPad and Kindle

4. Aspirin

5. Flight Socks

6. Toothbrush

Right anything else?
Oh yeah! Where's Julie......

Adios Javea

   

    The stress of the week, dissipates......

Go on, GO! Leave me on my own, don't expect me to say Goodbye!

Almost there.......

Fridge is empty, Freezer empty, Terrace's empty, now living indoors with outside furniture having spent the day debugging tables, chairs and sunbeds, memo to self, if so many spiders can live under a chair seat here, they can also do it in Australia, where they bite....... what's worse is the beer fridge has been turned off, so dinner tonight at Champagnes, a couple of Guinness's and home for the last half of a bottle of red, whilst writing Xmas cards for family.  Tomorrow is lock down day followed by a reserved afternoon drink with friends before the adventure begins, not sure if I want it to be uneventful or .......................
We will see what it will be..... As for flights, good job vino tinto is gratis, the film choice is dire.......

One Week to go.................

At last the gardening is finished, the cementing finished, the silicon finished, irrigation system finished, outside furniture removals finished, pool finished, me finished.......
Having seen family and friends during the same time as above being finished, with only two hangovers, I sit down to relax and think, as one does, 'Travel Insurance' lets print it off so as to be sure........ Whoops, its only for periods up to 50 days away, lets get it amended........
£339 later we are covered.  It's at moments like this that you realise, you are getting old, no not because every muscle in your body aches but because the blo*dy Insurance companies, think your a liability because of your age......... and we all know, the kin small print, of which I have 24 PDF pages of, listing exclusion after exclusion will have some clause in it stopping us making a claim if necessary, for some obscure reason.........
Still the first two nights on the road accommodation booked at Jurien Bay, where I am hoping for the first of many chilled, red sunsets, some of which may well be due to the sun.........