Brian's first attempt at fishing
On Monday we had a good flight to Perth with Jetstar, which is a cheap Quantas line. The flight was 4 hours and 3 hours back in time! We stayed the night in the Criterion Hotel right in the centre of the city. It is a beautiful art deco building. On Tuesday morning we picked up the hire car and headed for Northampton which is 500km north of Perth. After leaving Perth the Tom Tom said first left turn after 368km! There is just one road north. The countryside is very dry although they are supposed to be harvesting a bumper crop of wheat this year. Harvest is nearly complete.
We arrived at Derek and Audrey's house at 5pm. We were welcomed by their two great German shepherd dogs, Renee and Ruby. Audrey was not too well as she had had a nasty fall the day before.
Northampton is a small town with just a few shops along the high street. It has a lot of history as it was a mining town 100 years ago.
On Wednesday Derek drove us down to Horrocks , a small fishing resort where he and Audrey often fish from the beach and enjoy filling their freezer with their catch. The weather has been very warm - thank goodness for air conditioning.
Brian and Derek were up and away by 4am on Thursday morning to go fishing. Sadly they caught nothing. Brian and I were invited to lunch with Lyn and Jack Fox. Lyn is Jill Hill's sister. Jill is our near neighbour in Orchid Way. They made us very welcome and we had a most enjoyable time.
On Friday we drove with Derek and Audrey into Geraldton, the nearest big town as Audrey had to go for an Xray. Afterwards we went on a little tour around Geraldton and visited a beautiful memorial to the men who lost their lives in the "Sydney" Battleship off the coast of Geraldton when the ship was sunk by the Germans during World war II. The remains of the ship were only discovered last year.
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