Feeling hot, hot, hot!

Well, the warm weather has arrived as of 8 days ago and we're getting a feel for how summer will be. Last Friday afternoon we decided to take a drive over to Cottesloe beach for a stroll and a fish and chip supper looking over the ocean....

It was windy as you can tell. Here's me and the girls (with me doing my "Posh" look!)

And here's the view we were admiring....

Otherwise, the week has continued as normal, with work, school, etc, although the girls are now making full use of their 3m pool we bought for them. It's now a permanent fixture in the garden (as it's chlorinated water with a pump), along with the trampoline. Yes, our garden is a bit different from our last one!

This weekend we're chilling out a bit, although tomorrow we're up early to go to the Cottesloe Life Surfing Club as Isabel is starting a surf awareness course to get her more confident with swimming in the sea. She's not learning to surf but playing games on the beach and learning about staying safe in the sea. We're all looking forward to it (apart from the early start!) I'll let you know how she gets on.

Well, it's gone 10pm here and about time I put the coffee machine on. So g'dnight all and keep watching this spot!

J,R,I & Kxxx

More Photos

Thought I'd post up a few more photos of the Bull Air Race for you to see. (I did try to add more when I posted last time but Blogger stopped working.) Anyhow, here they are.....

Can't claim credit for this one but it's a great shot...

Or this one but it gives you an idea of the day. By the way, these planes were flying at over 400 kms an hour!

The best day!

We've had the most fantastic day - Perth is host to the finale of the Red Bull Air Race. This is a free event over the weekend. The contestants, 13 pilots today, tested their skills along the Swan River, flying as fast as possible around a course of inflated pylons. It was absolutely FANTASTIC. We were some of many thousands on the river banks, watching the event right in front of us and on the huge tv screens. The weather was perfect, 30 degrees C, blue, blue sky (not a cloud to be seen just to rub it in) and everyone there was out to have a good time so it was a great atmosphere.

We moseyed on down by bike - 15 mins from our house to almost the city centre - and finished our day drinking wine on Richard's parent's balcony watching more stunt flying (they live a stone's throw from the foreshore) and Iz and Katie cooled off in their pool. I'm sitting at home now looking through our 198 photos, the best of which I'll post for you to see along with some from the official site so you can get an idea of what it's all about.

Before I finish, if any of you fancy coming over for a holiday, this time next year would be a good date for your diary as the Race returns to Perth for its third year. Now onto the photos.....

Countdown to the race.....

Watching the action