Week 2 in Perth

Our second week in Perth has flown.
Monday we spent doing our laundry at BL&T’s, followed by a bit of shopping.
Tuesday, we went back over there for a swim which was wonderful. The two of us had a BBQ for dinner here at the flat, and Russell potted us up some more herbs.
Wednesday, we caught a morning train into the city (6 minutes) and wandered around Forrest Close shopping centre then walked over to Northbridge for lunch. We came home and made a couple of salads, then took them over to BL&T’s and had a swim before they got home. Todd has had a mate over from Melbourne (for the Red Bull Air Race) so we had Kurt and Holly over and had a BBQ dinner (sitting outside in the lovely warm evening).
Thursday, we went over and house sat while we waited for a serviceman to come fix the reticulation system. After he’d been, we drove to O’Connor near Fremantle where we finally got the lights for our boat trailer (only a week late!).
Friday we took the boat out on the Swan River and did a bit of fishing. There were lots of fish to be had, but only 1 was legal size. Lucky for him, because we only ever keep our fish if we have enough for a feed and one small (but legal) bream is not enough for the two of us! We only went a couple of ks on the river so we have heaps and heaps of exploring to do. It was great to pass all the beautiful homes, gardens, see the construction going on and it was really entertaining to watch a school down at the river having dragon boat races for the day. When we got home, I got a message to say I’ve been short listed for some cooking work at the WACA whilst The Ashes are on. I go for my interview Monday night over at the ground so wish me luck. Last night I watered the garden and I noticed our herbs are really taking off-it must be the lovely weather.
Today we are off to the races at Ascot and tomorrow we have lunch in Subiaco with a few of the people from my Internet recipe club. We are going to Wagamama, an Asian (mostly Japanese) restaurant.