We’ve been in Perth for a couple of days now. Funny, at one stage we didn’t think we would get here at all. Monday was spent driving around the old stomping grounds and being very surprised at the changes. It has been 40 years since I lived here and about the same for Susan, as she left Perth and then moved to the south west. First place was King’s Park, where you get a great view of the city and the Swan River. It was always the place to go when I lived here if you were showing visitors around. Certainly a great park and a showpiece for Perth.

Obviously the city has grown but its a modern city now, with an abundance of arterial freeways and highways with something different, no tolls. It’s very easy to drive around but like most cities, once peak hour is on you realise how much we rely on our cars. We haven’t been down to Fremantle yet, that’s on our to do list but we have covered most of the north side.

Yesterday was a rest day although Susan and Vicki went shopping and I went to the golf range. Steve enjoyed himself at home in the van. Susan and I had a lovely dinner last night with Anne & Nick and Margaret & John, who we met on or European River cruise in 2016. It was great to catch up, hard to believe the cruise was 4 years ago, certainly proves time does fly.

We have a few move days in Perth before we finally head north. We’re all looking forward to it. Hopefully as the days go by more facilities and attractions will open, as the restrictions on C19 are reduced, certainly the tourism industry is loud in its requests to get the sector back operating. Although the WA Government is remaining steadfast re opening the border, so we expect it to be a little quieter than normal.