Pamper Day and York Trip

Saturday was a good day for me. As a belated birthday present, Nige had told me to have a "pamper day" and that's exactly what I did. In the morning I went to The Shearing Shed hairdressers in Freemantle. In Perth, things are exactly what they say they are and so The Shearing Shed was a hairdressers that had been set up as a shearing shed (an up-market one of course!). There were wooden stalls for each customer and loads of weird paraphernalia hanging on the walls. Two hours later I left with some highlights and a calm disposition! It was then on to a quick sandwich and a taxi ride to the spa. I had a deep cleansing facial and a full body massage ... absolutely bliss!

Nige also had a good day as he took Anna swimming in the morning and then she had a party to go to in the afternoon.

On Sunday we decided to try out Anna's new portable DVD player for the car and had a drive to a place called York. York is an historic town in the Avon valley about one and a half hour's drive from Perth. York has a long history and a unique past with many of its old buildings still being used today. It has the reputation of being the first inland European settlement, in about 1831.

Getting there was lovely and we saw a real change in the landscape. We went over the hills, through forest and then into what would be rolling green fields if it wasn't for the drought. The fields were dry and sandy but it was still lovely to see a change in the scenery.
The photos are of the Town Hall which is still being used today and the jail and court house. The jail is now owned by the National Trust and is a tourist attraction.