Mandurah Estuary

At the weekend we moved from Halls Head to an apartment in Mandurah itself, overlooking the Estuary.  It was endlessly fascinating watching the boats go by from our balcony, not to mention the dolphins.  The apartment block was built by Mirvac, as was ours in Perth, so everything was very familiar to us. By amazing coincidence, we had rented number 603, the same as ours!  In the picture below the block is to the left of the Moreton Bay Fig Tree on The Point.

A heron watching the proceedings

John watching the river go by

Just about to go out to dinner

E showing off her new earrings

Peel Zoo

We set off early to beat the heat.  Peel Zoo is about half an hour away and has a collection of native animals and birds. As you go in, you are greeted by a snake put around your neck (if you aren't scared of such things).  E and C were brave!

Then we explored the rest of the animals.  The Tasmanian Devils looked very healthy and so well fed, they ignored some fresh meat.

JL tried to feed the parrots and cockatoos.

There were also huge bush turkeys, peacocks, kangaroos, dingos and several sleepy possums that wouldn't come out of their holes. We all liked the masked owl staring at us with his big eyes.

Holiday in Mandurah

As soon as E returned from her trip to England, we set off down south for a week in Mandurah. A work colleague of C lent us her house in Halls Head. It is a beautiful residence with all mod cons, including a swimming pool! As its been pretty hot this week, we all made use of this facility.

Even JL ventured in after much persuasion.  He has not been swimming for several years.