Perth & Margaret River
Well .. as most of you know, there was a slight detour on the way to India ... whoops somehow I ended up in Perth !!! It has been so good to be back home on 'holiday' and I can't tell you how wonderful it has been to see my sons, friends and family again. I asked my sister to organise lunch with the boys as a friend was dropping off a suprise from Nepal .. LOL the suprise was me ... I so nearly let it slip a few times before I left that I just had to lay low before I blew it. After lunch it was off...
I'm finally getting my act together and doing a few things on the site. Most of you know how nuts I am about my music and I before I left I dedicated a song or two to some special people. ie. let the songs speak for me, because they can say it so much better than me. Sound a damn sight better too .... I was going to get the lyrics to them, but ran out of time before I left, so I have included them as articles. The most important one is La Mar by The Beautiful Girls. This for my sons. By a stroke...
Its getting closer, so a trip down to Margaret River seemed the ideal way to have a great goodbye weekend and a run up to my baby's 21st. For those that don't know Perth, Margaret River is what we refer to as 'down south'. It is a wonderful area full of fantastic wineries, damn I'm going to be lost without all my yummy Margaret River wines, but thats the whole purpose of travelling, I'm sure I'll find some good replacements. So, house rented for the weekend and what a marvelous place, 7 bedrooms,...
Three weeks to go and counting down before I leave. As per my usual style, I am way behind in doing things, but hey .. they didnt invent the phrase " If it wasn't for the last minute nothing would get done" for nothing. At least I have my passport, visa, tickets and backpack organised. Of course I had the gadgets ready way beforehand, have to get your priorities straight. Powerbook, iPod, camera and phone are ready and waiting. I'm really glad I decided to spend a week in Melbourne first, will need...