Canal Cruise (Houses and Dolphins)

Besides 'celebrating' Christmas, which for us means going to the video-shop, rent 6 movies and watch them in 2 days time:-) :-) we also went on a canal cruise in Mandurah with friends. Madurah is a town about an hours drive South of Perth. In a specific area in Mandurah (the Mandurah Estuary. Zoomed in a bit closer: Estuary). The two main features of such a cruise (which takes about an hour) are houses (some of them rather estates than houses:-)) and if you're lucky dolphins. We were lucky .....

Here is a selection of some photos I took (a link to all photos at the end:-)). Do note there are quite a few of those mansions that are up for sale... Oh and can you imagine that also quite a few of those are 'only' holiday homes ... :













(War memorial, this is where the yearly Dawn Service (Anac Day) is held in Mandurah (Dawn Service for remembering all war-victims):


SO, if you want to see all photos, have a look here and click on slide show

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

Our patio furniture (ordered in August, with promises to deliver in 3 - 4 weeks, thanks Harvey Norman!) arrived only today .. Very late, but lets stay positive and say just in time for the Christmas patio makeover .. :-).

Our pation BEFORE:


The unpacking:


Our patio After: