have definitely been busy for the past few days. On Sunday Shirley, Emma, Lei and Karen, Carol and her friend Denise went to an outdoor Lionel Richie concert in a Vineyard near Perth. The setting was picturesque, the weather great, the company fun and music nostalgic. It was a magical night. Then, 
for the past few days as many of the family who could arrange the time off have been staying in a lovely chalet in the woods in Margaret River. There were 10 of us in all, but you didn't even notice the number of people around as the chalet was perfect for large groups. It was a beautiful setting, lots of trees and a couple of friendly Kookaburras who shared our sausages (when they could keep the magpies away).
for the past few days as many of the family who could arrange the time off have been staying in a lovely chalet in the woods in Margaret River. There were 10 of us in all, but you didn't even notice the number of people around as the chalet was perfect for large groups. It was a beautiful setting, lots of trees and a couple of friendly Kookaburras who shared our sausages (when they could keep the magpies away). The hot tub on the deck was a big hit all around. On the first night when Billy 
(Karen's nephew) and his friend Mick got back from some very disappointing surf - they spied the hot tub and that was it. It almost took a bomb to get them out of it so that the adults could have a try.
(Karen's nephew) and his friend Mick got back from some very disappointing surf - they spied the hot tub and that was it. It almost took a bomb to get them out of it so that the adults could have a try.We also had a wood fire pizza oven on the deck that Lei and Steve had to give a go...Suffice it to say that while 
we may have required further practice after our first attempt - by the time Danny had a go at cooking we had seasoned the oven and got it to the optimal cooking temperature and the product from the oven was better than Pizza Hut (except for the additives they put in to get people to keep coming back...) We have downloaded a picture of the oven in action for everyone's entertainment. It may look like a steam train under full steam - but the pizza inside did survive (barely) to be sampled by the brave.
we may have required further practice after our first attempt - by the time Danny had a go at cooking we had seasoned the oven and got it to the optimal cooking temperature and the product from the oven was better than Pizza Hut (except for the additives they put in to get people to keep coming back...) We have downloaded a picture of the oven in action for everyone's entertainment. It may look like a steam train under full steam - but the pizza inside did survive (barely) to be sampled by the brave.We spent the day visiting Olive Groves (Steve's request), Wineries (Shirley's request) and Chocolate factories (Carols and Lei's request)...and sampling all of their products. As you can imagine, the free samples of the wineries and chocolate factory went down a treat with some of us sneaking back for seconds, thirds, fourths...
Margaret River is where people in Western Australia go for holidays and you can see why. A lovely small town, on a beautiful River near the sea...what more could you ask for?
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