Escape to the beautiful South West

We have just returned from 4 days in the South West Region, based in Donnybrook. Most of these 4 days I hasten to had have been spent driving the kombi thanks to a crappy GPS which must have been last updated in the 1970's.

We stayed in a little tin cottage on an 100 acre farm which was the most gorgeous place EVER! The dogs ran their little legs off, chased and barked at the cows and generally had a ball, getting to spend every minute with us.

We visited Margaret River, Bussleton and Capel, so many more places we should have gone but we were not leaving the house till late morning, the pull of the countryside and freedom was too much to abandon.

The kids loved the space and the peace and quiet and we just thought we'd died and gone to heaven. It has made me even more sure that I was a place with land and space to breathe and no bloody neighbours to listen to!

Wicked

Liz, Helen and I went to see Wicked which is a musical stage show. It was great. The set was fantastic, the acting and singing were wonderful...........just something missing which Liz declared as the songs and she was right. They were all a bit slow and mamby pamby. Nothing to really grab you, tap your foot and make you remember it. It was still a great night and we managed to squeeze a few drinkies in. Unfortunately the piccy with Helen only got her cheek!

Freo Fun

Liz and i spent a girlie weekend in Freo, yayyyh. We had a funky little room right in the middle of Freo, so easy to pop in and out of for toilet stops. We spent the first day doing the op shops and book shops. We found a wonderful Moroccan cafe with the most amazing decor and food. I will be taking Lee back there this weekend when we are down for the squash tournament.


In the evening we did a bit of a pub crawl to get to Little Creatures where we had dinner. A quick play on the swings on the way back..


and a good 15 mins watching all the weird and wonderful forms making their way into the local nightclub. Back at our room we finished our bottle of wine and I passed out! Not pretty.



Felt pretty groggy the next day, swear someone had poisoned my drink. Managed to mope round the markets and have coffee at our new cafe before heading back to normalisation. Think I might give up this drinking lark cos it ruined my Sunday for sure :(