Slowing down in Mandurah

A colleague offered to lend C her house in Mandurah for a week, so the four of us have come down here for a lazy holiday. Wasn’t that kind of her? Some people are so generous.  It’s only an hour’s drive from home, so nothing too taxing about the journey. We were greeted by a glass of sparkling and then it was straight into their backyard pool!

A delicious Spaghetti Marinara appeared on the table for dinner, followed by a mango and cream dessert:

This house is full of mod cons, our favourite being a fridge with an ice-making machine, plus a home theatre with an enormous TV and many cable networks. (C was up early doing yoga with a YouTube instructor. JL and I enjoyed an old Rowan Atkinson Maigret last night).

We spent the morning at the nearest beach in Halls Head, where I met a pelican catching fish in the shallows:

Home for lunch followed by a long siesta for the oldies: