25^th September 2013

Since the last posting of the blog, when we arrived in WA, it has rained most of the time so not a lot has been happening except a few noteworthy events.  Our first Saturday in WA the 14^th, other than the one we arrived on, we watched Emma and Abby play their netball semi-finals which Emma’s team won and advanced to the grand final.  Abby’s team was not that lucky despite playing extremely well.  Their opposing team had some much taller girls in their ranks that gave them a big advantage.  The teams are within respective leagues based on performance, not age or physical size, so Abby’s team was playing against older, taller girls with similar abilities.  The following day we had a pleasant re-union lunch with Ann and Ashley.  Merry flew to Melbourne on the 18^th andstayed overnight and saw her specialist on the 19^th who gave her a clean bill of health as far as the cancer, but it will still take some considerable time to get over the after effects.  Which is why we have elected to stop travelling, temporarily at least.   Merry flew back to Perth that evening.  On Saturday 21^st we watched Emma’s netball grand final game against a team that has beaten them twice this season.  However, their better mindset and determination helped them beat their opponents quite substantially.  On the following Sunday we had the pleasure of Garon and Sue calling in for lunch with us and Colleen’s family.  The only other vaguely interesting thing is the computer that I normally use has died, which is why you are only getting a summary of the last couple of weeks.  Whilst we are in Perth, waiting for our tenant to move out of our house in Geraldton, it is unlikely that we will be doing much in the way of excitement therefore blog posting will probably be less frequent. 

26^th September 2013

Yesterday was almost a reasonable weather day with sunshine throughout most of the day. However, the weather has now reverted to rain and wind again although the wind is nothing like the heavy duty winds of a few days ago