The second most stressful day of my life

So after looking at lots of places to buy at various areas around Perth we have had an offer accepted (just waiting on finance - so 95% there!). Was a tad stressed on saturday actually signing the contract and committing to a bucket of cash for a long time..... I know everyone else does it, but didn't help my strange head.

It's in a good area called Yokine, just over the east side of the freeway. So further from the beaches but in reality only about 15 mins drive, so still easy to get to.

Fingers crossed it all goes through over the next couple of weeks :)

My black haired diving wife

Yes, Janice all of sudden decided to go for black hair instead of darker brown. Secretly to hide some of those pesky grey ones that have started creeping in lately.

As you can see she was thrilled for me to take a photo to show off the new hair colour...
[ooops Janice saw the picture and made me remove it.....]

But more exciting is that I finally decided to buy the second dive tank which is useful for boat dives and so we could get out on a dive together. So with an easterly wind blowing to give some calm conditions we got up and headed to Hillary's to dive off the wall towards "boy in a boat" reef. After lugging the gear up and down the rocks we got in and had a fun relaxed dive and although the viz was not so good we did find some cool nudibranchs (yes, I am obsessed with them) AND THEN I saw a piece of seaweed floating along before realising it was actually a weedy seadragon!!!! Very cool as they are pretty rare in the grand scheme of things and tough to spot, looking like seaweed. They are amazing creatures and just float along with the surge. Unfortunately my new camera housing hasn't arrived so no photos..... so you'll just have to believe me, or ask Janice. So when I get that housing you can bet I'll be hanging around there again hoping to see another one.

The house hunting begins...

And I forgot the mention in the last post that we have got the pre-approval for the mortgage, so the house hunting begins in earnest. Which translates to Janice looking feverishly and me kind of getting into while I try and cope with the fact that I finally have to pay "how much!!" for the rest of my life..... until I win the lottery or get eaten by a shark anyway.

We would like to keep the lifestyle we have currently so are desperately looking in and around the north-west beaches areas, which doesn't give us a huge option for house options, but as they always say "location, location, location" is where it's at.

So watch this space...

When the Mother comes to town

Not been very busy with my blog entries over the last month, in part due to being out and about as Mum and David have been over for approx the past 2 weeks. Had a great time going off on the odd day trip and giving them the tour of the west coast Perth metro beaches so they could appreciate the everyday life in Perth.

A trip to Rottnest was very relaxing as we chose well going midweek, just after the long weekend so avoiding the hordes and it had been 38 degrees the day before too, no thanks. Went to a few different spots on the island too including the lighthouse at the highest point of the island which gives you a great 360 view.

And of course a trip to Rottnest is not complete without a beer at the hotel at the end of the day while waiting for the ferry! Note the Pipsqueak cider in the background which Janice got Mum into as her new summery refreshing drink, much to David's delight.

Then we took off north for the weekend to Jurien Bay and to see the Pinnacles (it had been a while since we had done some fun tourist trips). Definitely impressive if you go for sunset as the light and shadows really make the landscape "pop-out" for those of us sad photograhic people who are into that kind of thing.