CAMTRIER

Offloaded at Singapore airport at 1.30am with all our luggage and went to the lounge for until 2.30am and had to go through a full security check at boarding gate which was really annoying. After re-boarding went to sleep and woken to have breakfast and landed at 10.30. Got a cab to our friends house in Staines and had a coffee and lovely cake that Sue made and had a quick catch up before making the 6hr drive home with a couple of holdups on the M3 and 303. On way picked up provisions at M&S and had a quick meal and off to bed.

Post note: Never found my Buddy Smugglers in Australia after going to numerous surf and sports shops but actual got a pair at half price in a shop in Penzance a few days after 😂

After breakfast loaded big cases into the car and went to Claremont Quarter shopping centre and stopped off for a latte and cake. Afterwards went to Prue’s for a spot of lunch and to say goodbye before dropping off hires car after filling up with expensive petrol due to the war in Iran. Dropped off at the airport by hire Company and after a couple of hours wait in the lounge boarded the plane ✈️ to Singapore as due to the war had to rearrange our straight through flight to LHR and after watching a video and a meal went to sleep before being woken up on Wednesday morning at 1.30 am – see post on Wednesday

Spent last day with Prue and as the weather was poor played scrabble and had some lunch and then dropped Prue off .

After breakfast picked up Prue to spend a few days with us at the apartment. Spent the day on the beach and had a few swims but cloudy and windy. Afterwards went for a long walk along the beach and in the evening had a BBQ with chicken and salad

Easy day sunbathing and swimming on the beach all day in the evening watched the sunset and then had a BBQ with a Roo steak, salad & chips

Walked down to the swan river side of Cottlesloe. Had an iced coffee and ice cream at a cafe near the river. Lots of families out Picnicking .

On the way back stopped at a delicatessant shop called boat shed which had lovely fresh food and wish we knew this was just down the road to us. Back to the apartment to freshen up then caught a train from Norseman Park to Leederville stopping at Perth and changing. We met Prue outside the station and went for dinner in the Kalis Brothers fish restaurant in Lederville.

After breakfast went for a drive along the Sunshine Coast past Campbell Barracks in Swanbourne up to the touristic marina of Hillary’s and onto Burns beach but very choppy. Went onto having lunch at Mundarie Marina and back stopping off at Scarborough and back to Cottlesloe

After usual Wetabix breakfast took the train from Norman Park to Freemantle. Said goodbye to Jacs that went shopping in Perth. Walked to Freemantle Prison and took behind the bars prison tour which was a bit touristic but quite interesting

Many more photos. Had a quick cheese and ham toastie and latte coffee on walk to the Western Australian War Army Museum which was free and really interesting

After the Museum walked over to Freemantle aquatic centre for a 400m swim in the outdoor 50m pool before taking the train back to Norseman Park and back to the apartment. After dinner watched the sunset again.

After usual Wetabix & Granola breakfast. Took train from Norseman Park to Freemantle to meet up with Prue. For a day out around Freo having lunch at the Kalis Brothers fish restaurant and had a BBQ fresh fish dish with salad and fries. Had a quick look at the prison which I said I will go on a tour tomorrow as both girls had been before. Also went to the Arts centre in Freemantle to view the random photography exhibition. Also saw the Freemantle aquatic centre which gave me something else to do on my trip to Fremantle tomorrow. Back to apartment on the train and after a walk to the beach to see the sunset back to the apartment to have a snack with some Rose wine from Redgate.

Up really early for a 5km walk to a hour swimsmooth technique swim training with Sally at Claremont aqua centre. This was 1300m session using fins, pool buoy etc. This was to replace the full video session I had planned with Paul Newsome several months earlier that did not materialised. Good session though and outlined my sinking legs and drag slowing me down.

After this found that a train near the centre took me back to Cottlesloe. After having breakfast went to the local Woolworth to pick up a few provisions for our stay in Cottlesloe. The back to apartment to do some unpacking and walked to the beach to watch the sunset and then a long walk and then a meatball spaghetti bolognese and a red we bought from the Redgate winery in Margaret River.