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Wednesday 8 December 2021

November Wrap-Up

On Friday 5th and  Saturday 6th, I attended the local Canning Show  celebrating its 150th year.

We have been living in the city of Canning for 14 years and it was the first time we attended this annual show. The show held at the Cannington Exhibition Centre & Showgrounds, held 3 sessions  - Friday 5 to 10pm, Sat 9 am to 4pm and the last session 5 to 10pm, with tickets limited to a total of 15,000.  There are a large number of free tickets for residents of the council, and I applied and received 2 tickets.

On Friday night Jose and I walked around the stalls, perused the old machines, had a bite to eat, then checked the plants and food displays and at 10pm we watched the fireworks before going home. 






A 1964 Anglia Police car was on show




Fabulous and creative cakes














    Saturday afternoon I volunteered to man the stall of our neighbourhood's "Harvest Group" - a group where people get together to learn some skills - like making passata, jams, lemon butter, sausages... The group was started by Maria, one of the ladies from the "Facebook Buy Nothing" group.

Jose attended the group once to make tomato passata, but I have yet been unable to join them for any of the activities.



Saturday 13th - We attended the Melville Summer music festival at the Wireless Hill parkWe spent a relaxing couple of hours listening to a jazz band.


War memorial

There is a small Museum at the park and it was the last day of an art exhibition of local artists. I found some murals too :)


From the top of the former transmissions tower,  you get a nice view of the city across the river.

former transmission tower

The crowd listening to the jazz concert

The city across the river, as seen from the Wireless Hill tower




After the concert, we drove a couple of kms down the road to the Attadale foreshore, to watch the  Fremantle Biennale  "Moombaki" drone light show.

Mombaki, a Nyoongar word for "where the river meets the sky" - a choreographed drone show with 160 drones over the river and ocean created by Ilona McGuire. 

Sadly we were far away so didn't get to hear the soundtrack, by you can watch a Youtube video below with the whole 10 min show.













Here is a youtube video with the whole show:




Saturday 27th - we had a bbq at Wendy and Lido's house with a common friend who was visiting from Tasmania. It was a very warm day and we had a refreshing swim in the pool after the bbq. 

At 6pm it was duck feeding time.























Sunday 28th - World of Food Festival,  a food and traditional dance fair, celebrating multiculturalism, held at Governor's house gardens in the  St. George's Terrace in the city.

The Portuguese club had a little stall there and we bought a few nibbles from them, and also from the Malaysian stall.

It was a very hot day, but we managed to find seats in the shade, on the side of the stage, to watch dance some performances from various countries.


Usually the Governor's House is open to the public on this occasion, but this time I didn't get a chance to visit.

Governor's gardens with a view of city buildings, the house, a lake in the gardens

The fair ended at 3pm and we drove home, grabbed towels and our swimsuits and headed to Coogee beach. But it was very windy when we got there and Jose and I sat reading until the sun set at about 7pm.


And the month ended with our 41st wedding anniversary on Tuesday 30th

A bunch of flowers from Jose

Our kids gifted us a 9-course degustation dinner at the French restaurant - Petit Mort, in Shenton Park, near the city. What can I say about the experience? Superbe et extraordinaire!!

Sadly after 10 years the restaurant  that sits about 50 people, will close its doors on the 18th December (they were already fully booked 2 or 3 months ahead), but they are opening another venue called "Twenty seats" in February next year.  And yes, the name means they will just seat 20 people at a time. They are hoping for a Michelin Star in the future.


To end the meal they brought us a surprise - a plate with "Happy anniversary" written on it,  6 mini French sweets and a sparkler.

Also participating in the Signs meme at  Tom's blog.

35 comments:

  1. That was one busy month. Doesn't look like Covid has put a damper on your life like it has here for us in the US. Thanks for stopping by my blog. I'll stop by yours again too.

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    1. Thanks Marcia. In the state of Western Australia, we've been practically "locked up" from the other States and rest of the world, so we've been covid free. When it all started in 2020 we had 9 deaths, but that was it, nothing since, so we basically lead normal lives.

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  2. What a fun month you had and then there is food. Fabulous.

    Have a wonderful Wednesday and rest of the week. ♥

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    1. Thanks Sandee, always great to have some fancy food.

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  3. ...the show in Canning is like our county fairs. This show has some wonderful displays, thanks Sami for sharing this post. Take car and stay well.

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    1. Yes, similar type of fair Tom. Back when it started the area of Canning would have been farmland.

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  4. Another month gone by. This year flew by with only a few weeks left. The event in Canning looks nice. Glad you enjoyed November. Hope you had a wonderful 41st anniversary. We had ours back in August. Enjoy your week and thanks for sharing with us,

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    1. It's hard to believe how fast the years are flying by. Hope you had a nice wedding anniversary Bill.

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  5. Dearest Sami,
    Glad you finally, after 14 years, made it to the Canning Show!
    Another active month for you.
    Hugs,
    Mariette

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  6. The Canning Show looks very interesting and clearly popular. You seem to have had some very hot weather after some very wet weather. Well, another month summed up in the interesting life of Sami and Jose.

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    1. We've gone from very wet to very hot! Thanks Andrew.

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  7. Sami, I don't know how you do it! That was a hugely busy month. I loved the Exposition -- that looks fun. And the Canning show is really interesting. Gorgeous blooms, too -- so pretty to see here when it is white outside!

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    1. Thanks Jeanie, I certainly enjoyed the Canning show. We're in full blown summer weather.

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  8. The fireworks hold great appeal to me.

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    1. I enjoy watching fireworks too, thanks William.

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  9. O carro é um Anglia, não é? O pai de um amigo tinha um

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    1. Sim é um Angola de 1964. Obrigada Pedro.

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  10. Oh, the washing machine! And thank you. Earworm! ;-)
    "Cute" police car.

    And the dolls... I really wonder how long this will go on. In yesterday´s meeting our teamleader said two of his vaccinated friends are tested positive, and another Siemens-colleague has one, too, he even shows symptoms. It stays scary.

    As far as I learned no fireworks in Germany this year. Again.

    The Harvest Group sounds great!
    And Melville :-)

    Touching war memorial. Very creative, quite a tribute.

    The drone show looks like it was great, too. - thank you for sharing all this. We´re all asleep here. Not even kid´s carousels...
    Great video, I´ll show it to Ingo!

    5th Birthday?!!!! How did that happen?! Help! The wee lille guy turned 5?! I assume he can walk and talk, oh, school already? Probably my big Niece gets married soon. Can someone stop the time? Oh, no, wait. Not in these times...

    Food and the ocean. The seagull.

    And your restaurant visit sounds great. 20 seats sounds as good, though!
    41 years, oh, we managed 8, but are together 27. Did I mention time flies?
    Oh, the sparkler, how sweet.

    Signs of happiness! xx

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    1. Yes time is just flying by at great speed. Those old machines were still working. They belong to some club that restores them to show them off.
      Grandkid already going to primary school mid January. I've met some lovely ladies through the "buy nothing group" and "harvest group". We've become good friends, and can rely on each other for help.

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  11. As always, Sami, you have led a busy life. I think it makes me appreciate my tranquil bird walks even more,

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    1. Thanks David, relaxing bird walks are great too.

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  12. Happy Anniversary!

    The drone show is fascinating.

    best... mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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    1. Thank you Mae. The drone show was amazing, hope they do it again.

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  13. Happy belated anniversary, Sami. The flowers from Jose were beautiful. what a great month you had. I go nowhere and when I do, I must wear a mask. You are so lucky to have so many wonderful summer venues, and all without a mask.

    Loved the drone show and the memorial park. The Governor's mansion is beautiful and the dancers look so happy. So enjoyed this post and am sure in love with your anniversary meal, too!

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    1. Thanks Elizabeth. We have been lucky with the virus as our borders are closed. Once we each 90% vaccination rate, sometime in February I hope, the borders will open, and I assume we will get Covid coming into our State, but if we have that high rate of vaccination we hope there won't be many people getting sick.

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  14. What a wonderful ending to the month, Sami! Many congratulations, and wishing you and yours a happy festive season.

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    1. Thanks Johanna, have a wonderful Christmas and New Year too.

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  15. A busy and fun month.
    I did enjoy seeing your photographs.

    All the best Jan

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