When my daughter moved away from Canberra some years ago she made sure that her son spent some part of his holidays with us, wherever we happened to be. First port of call after picking him up at the airport was the supermarket – so that he could choose what he wanted to eat while he was with us. The rest of the holiday was spent showing him around whatever city we happened to be living in.
Yesterday I flew to Perth to spend a few days as my grandson’s guest. I was met at the airport and whisked off to the supermarket… For the next five days I shall be taken around Perth.
I’ll be looking in, but the time difference will make it virtually impossible for me to do much more than comment very late at UK night…
Catch you all later… 🙂
Boadicea's Chariot 
Love it!
How old is the ‘little beast’ now then?
Do have an enjoyable time, Boadicea. Never forget to take subtle revenge.
“For the next five days I shall be taken around Perth”. You’ll be seeing a few things quite often then? 🙂
Duringthegoodbadolddays(I’ll start again)During the ’70’s and ’80’s the opposition parties to the Nats (think Suzzman, van Zyl Slabbert, Eglin) were the Progressive Party and the Federal Party. In time the two parties merged to form the Progressive Federal Party (PFP)*
Also during this period lots of South Africans were emigrating and a fair few of them headed for Perth, they were said to be joining the PFP (Packing for Perth 🙂 )
Enjoy your break
*the forerunner to today’s Democratic Alliance (DA)
Take a ferry trip to Rottnest Island. The wild life there rivals anything you will see in the Zambezi Valley. OK, OK, that was a joke. I am sorry.
Rottnest on a bike was excellent fun…though the bikes weren’t up to much!
Quokka, Wadjemup, Noongar and Ngaiiwanga! Great names.
Have a great time
Sounds like the good times you had when he was a nipper has rubbed off on him, hence the start at the supermarket. It’s great when you see your kids and grandkids adopting your values in life. I know a trip to the supermarket is not a value but you know what I mean.
Must say I did enjoy the remark by Janus about seeing a few things quite often.
When one of my grandsons was about 5, I went with him to the barbers. Now it’s a diary fixture!
Is he paying too?
I regret not visiting Rottnest, but the lure of Monkey Mia was greater. Have a great time, Boa.
Thanks for the comments! Yesterday we went for a drive round the vineyards, wine and cheese tasting, and lunch…
… somewhat different from the museums and art galleries that I took him to! That’s today’s trip into Perth itself.
Lovely Boadicea; sounds like a well-deserved holiday.
He’s done all the museums etc, at an early age, so something different!
Arrers…. something different. In Perth, WA? 🙂