HOUSE SITTING AT WAIKIKI

Yes, here we are set-up in Sonya and Steve's front yard.  No we did not have to cut down the tree, we fit in just fine.

After sorting out the fridge etc in the van, we have settled into the house to "house-sit" and Wayne is enjoying watching TV on a big screen!

I found our Christmas tree, candle decoration from Germany and wrapped the presents so that we feel like Christmas is here.

We are getting around the district which is close to the beaches south of Rockingham and even caught the train into Perth city to see how long it will take for us to walk to the Perth Arena for the Hopman Cup which we have tickets for the day/night sessions on the 6th of January.  Looking forward to seeing Roger Federer playing in the night session.  After walking around the city and down to Elizabeth Quay precinct, we decided to catch the train out to Freemantle for the afternoon and stroll the streets there and down to see the submarine and the Maritime Museum but we had walked enough for the day so did not spend time inside to see all the exhibits but outside the names of all migrating families from the day dot are all listed.  Amazing.

Today the temperature was over 40 degrees so we took ourselves off to the beach for a soak in the cooler waters as we watched folk launch/load their boats off the boat ramps south of Rockingham at Safety Beach.

Looking forward to seeing friends from Birkdale who are over in Perth and are boarding the Indian Pacific train back to Sydney on Christmas Day.  Now that is a different Christmas celebration.