In July we took a couple of weeks long service leave and went on a holiday to Queensland and New South Wales. Liam really enjoyed most of the holiday but it was a little taxing at time.
The major project for this year was to complete the beach house in Prevelly. We were very pleased with the way in which the house progressed especially since we took our first booking in July for the Xmas holidays.
Everything kept to schedule and Bruce was flat out doing reticulation in the last week of November and beginning of December trying to keep one step ahead of Laurie Bedford who was doing the landscaping for us.
One the house was complete Bruce shifted in for a few days to protect the house from the Schoolies. Unfortunately they put grafitti on the outside wall on the first night, but the rest of the time was relatively quite and uneventful. In the second week, we all shifted in and tried out everything. The first effort in the spa taught us a valuable lesson, don't put too much bubble bath in.
The house has turned out exactly as planned and we can now finally relax and wait for the bookings to come rolling in. We have done well so far for the peak times but are yet to see how it pans out over a whole year.
For Christmas this year we went up to Geraldton (700kms) to visit Rosie's family. We left on the 23rd and had tea with Bruce's parents in Mandurah before setting off to Geraldton. Unfortunately we got a bit lost at the end of the freeway in Joondallup and wasted 40 minutes getting onto the right road.
We eventually got to Geraldton at 1am, but it was worth the effort of travelling at night. Liam slept the whole way and when we got up the next morning we were able to relax and do a few things with the family.
