Trip to Perth

We had a great time in Perth over the school holidays. We went over to Pinjarra (1 hour south of Perth) for Dave's sister's wedding. We arrived a few days before the wedding which meant we could spend time helping Helen with all her wedding arrangements. We really enjoyed spending time with Dave's family.

The wedding went really well. It was a lovely, country-style wedding. Helen looked gorgeous and the day ran really smoothly. I was the "unofficial-official" wedding photographer. I had a great time taking photos. The photos turned out really well (I will put some up on my blog after Helen & Chris receive them) and I was rather happy with how they turned out.

After the wedding, Dave and I drove up to see the Pinnacles at sunset. It was a 4 hour drive to get there and we spent around 1 1/2 hrs walking around and taking photos. The Pinnacles were quite an interesting sight - really fascinating. On our 4 hour drive home to Pinjarra, we stopped at the Roadhouse to get dinner - dim sims and hot chips (I cringe now, thinking of that!)

On Sunday we drove down to the Margaret River. Dave and I really enjoyed our time there. It has a beautiful coastline, interesting forests, a large variety of wineries and lots of different types of culinary delights. We only the spent the one night there, but we really enjoyed our time. Geoff, Sarah and Alexander came down on Monday afternoon. We met up with them and went around to some wineries together.

We spent Monday night in Perth and on Tuesday, we walked around the city. We got to see a small bit of King's Park, which we thought was a really pretty park - quite large, too. We had lunch on the Swan River at the Old Swan Brewery before heading off to the airport.

We were supposed to leave for Sydney at 3.15pm, but at 3.00pm it was announced that our flight will be delayed, "due to operational systems", to 11.15pm!!! We later found out that because of the plane accident that had occurred earlier they had to send our plane to pick up the stranded passengers. Also, we couldn't leave any earlier because of the Sydney Airport curfew. We were given a refreshment voucher of $10 before being taken off to the Casino for a free dinner. There's nothing like food to turn people's moods. We were, nonetheless, exhausted by the time our plane arrived at around 7.00am in Sydney. Luckily, my parents were able to pick us up and take us home to our lovely bed.