Sunday, 30th May - Perth Beaches

While Pete checked his emails Sue took Deborah to see Herdsman's Lake which is quite a large lake near where she lives. There's a wildlife sanctuary with a board walk. In fact there are several lakes north of Perth and inland from the coast.

Then we picked up Pete and went for a drive up the coast. Perth is blessed with beautiful beaches all along the coast, and we stopped several times to admire the view. There were big tankers on the horizon, yachts with white sails that looked like paintings, jet skis, surfers, people walking on the beach, people jogging and riding bicycles, people walking dogs, people sunbathing. There's a scenic tourist drive up the coast and we followed it from Scarborough Beach up to Hilary's Marina, a big marina that's man made and has a seawall of big limestone rocks.

We came home for lunch and relaxed in the sun in the back yard. Sue showed Deborah her garden, which includes Cape Gooseberries, passionfruit vines, herbs, and pumpkins. Then we went to Cottesloe Beach which is one of Perth's well known beaches. There are expensive houses there, too. We headed to Kings Park through some expensive real estate with expensive views.

At Kings Park we found the Boardwalk which includes a Treetop Walk. It was very popular. Kings Park is beautiful - Deborah thinks it's the best botanic garden she's seen in any Australian capital city. There are fantastic views over the water, lush green lawns, and a wide variety of Australian and exotic plants.

We came home and had takeaway fish for dinner (fish, scallops, pineapple fritters, fishcake) with salad.

Deborah drank too much red wine and fell asleep in front of the television when Pete and Sue were watching Johnny Cash.