Freemantle Dr working overtime today - 31 July

Relaxed morning for us (unlike Tony and Natashia who were up not long after 6am to climb Jacob's Ladder 6 times, and Joshua who was off to play football)

Some heavy but short rain showers overnight and first thing in the morning, but cleared by 10ish, so we all took Zak the dog for a walk (cue arguments about who holds the dog lead, and who clears up the mess!) and a campaign for a dog (although we understand that a share of a  kitten may be in the offing back at home!)

Then we jumped in the car and made our way to Freeemantle - which is THE place to be on Sundays - it was packed, although Jim was smug to get one of the few free parking spaces around!

The Freemantle Dr is a wind that blows in off the Indian Ocean and cools Perth in the red hot heat of summer. Today we decided the Dr was on overtime - or steroids as it was very blustery - and we did not need cooling! That said Jim and Joseph managed shorts (just!), out of the wind it was very pleasent.

Wandered around Freemantle enjoying the architecture, and smelling the coffee from the myriad of posh looking coffee shops and bistros until a couple of heavy squally showers (exacerbated by the blustery conditions) sent us diving for cover into the Freemantle Market - where the exchange rate made our eyes pop out of our head from time to time. Joseph used some of his money (gifts from John, Lynn, Mollie and Keith to buy a baseball cap for an Australian Rules football team - he was very keen to do this because his friend Harry had one!)

There were plenty of lovely smelling foods on offer in the market - but out of the price range for an English family of 5 (and fair play to the kids for recognising this is not part of the Australian experience we are incorporating into our holiday) - so instead we made our way to the park for a picnic watching Freemantle buskers doing their thing on route.

Then it was onto the supermarket to buy the ingredients for a traditional Sunday Roast which we cooked for the Brania's.

Instead of making a pudding, Eleanor volunteered to bake a cake, but on our return to the house all the kids went onto the trampoline - where they remained for the next 2 hours, so the cake remains in the form of raw ingredients!