Our time with Rod and Josh

Rod and Josh landed just over 3 weeks ago and they have left already. It was great to see them and will miss them heaps. There are A LOT of photos to get through, but we had a lot of laughs taking them. We had a hectic time, which included them helping us move into our new house, (really could not have done it without them) and then they came and made themselves at home after living the first couple of weeks at Lew's.

The weather has been shocking, the wettest winter Perth has had in a while, so that wasn't much fun. Josh really wanted to get a tan, so my car became known as the B.R.U - Beach Response Unit! I promised Josh as soon as the sun came out, we would hit the beach and sure enough one afternoon, we had some blue sky and drove straight to Woodman Point - our closest beach, about 10 minutes drive. It was a bit windy but Josh was there, laying out his towel and when the sun went behind the clouds, he ran down the beach chasing after it......from then on , he was known as the Sun Chaser!

Wes finished working at Armadale Council last week, so he had some days off and knowing Rod and Josh had brought their flight forward (mainly because of the weather), we tried to pack as much in as possible. We managed to go to King's Park, Rockingham Beach, Perth Zoo, Fremantle Prison, Reptile Centre, took the train to the city, play tennis and the sun came out for 2 days at the beach.

We were lucky enough to stumble on some footie teams training at our local pitches, so Wes spoke to the manager and he said Josh could come along and train with them twice a week whilst he was here. When he left, the manager said he would be more than welcome to come back again, when (and if) he comes out at Christmas.

Wes started his new job for Fuji Xerox yesterday, he has a couple of weeks here, before he flies to Sydney for further training. It seems he is mainly going to be based south of the river, as all the other engineers are up north. He picks his station wagon up when he gets back from Sydney and then he is out on road. The first couple of days have been OK so far, fingers crossed it will work out.

It has been a pleasure having Rod and Josh here and we will miss them loads. Now it is time for us to really make a go of our life here and knuckle down. Will keep you all posted xx