Well I woke up on Tuesday 7/10/14 and thought that I’d really like to go for a walk. Good thing that is just what we had planned to do.

We made a 20 minute trip to Yanchep National Park where we paid our entry fee (yes, they charge an entry fee to some National Parks in WA) and set off for the Visitor’s Centre. We spoke to the lady there about the different walks in the park and the cave tour we could do. After she totally freaked out the boys and I about snakes – there have been lots of sightings this season, it’s best to go on the well worn tracks, you should walk with your legs covered, remember you only have 40 minutes if you get bitten by a tiger snake and so on and so on – we decided to do the cave tour first and then do a 9.2km walk with the thousands of snakes that inhabit Yanchep National Park.

The cave tour lasted about and hour. We had a nice, informative tour guide and learned all about the limestone caves and the crystal – stalagmites and stalactites. We even got to touch some crystal and enjoyed looking at all the different formations.

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My husband that is. We woke up late this morning (as we do most mornings) and set off at about 9:30am in search of a pretty piece of jewelry in the small town of Sapphire. We didn’t have to go far. We revisited a place that we had wandered into on arrival Sunday evening, when we weren’t really looking at making a purchase. Sometime between that first visit and this next one we had become a little more serious. There are so many jewelry shops in Sapphire and its neighbour Rubyvale that it can be a little overwhelming. Anyway, I have deviated from my story.

This morning we decided to have another (more serious) look at Kath’s . . . It is closing down as Kath is hoping to sell and retire – she look about 75 – 80 years of age and looks to be in ailing health. She casts/makes the jewelery herself, and the stones are locally sourced. We hadn’t been looking for too long when we found what we were looking for. Something a little different, with several gems and a pretty little arrangement. I tried the ring on and liked it. Then Simon pointed out the necklace that goes with the ring. I thought it was stunning, but was a little hesitant as we haven’t bought fancy jewelry since we got married.

My new ring, pendant and necklace