More torture (but some pleasure!!)

Well, the first day of the 3rd Test was good, but unfortunately it did not continue!!! We arrived at the ground early to ensure we saw the start as we had heard horror stories of queues due to security checks of up to 2 hours. As it happened it took 2 minutes, so we were in the ground early and able to see the England players warming up.

The weather has been scorching and our seats have been in the open, so we have cooked, although there has been some respite with what the locals call the "Fremantle Doctor" a nice cooling breeze that blows in from the Indian Ocean. The second day proved to be the disaster we had been hoping would not happen and today, well enough said!!

Luckily we could not get tickets for Day 3, so we have been back to Cottesloe Beach for some more R&R. Again the temperatures have been in the mid 30's, so it was lovely to be able to dip in and out of the sea.

With all this sun we have been using Factor 30, which so far has worked well and neither of us have suffered sunburn, but Bob is somewhat frustrated as it is taking longer for him to achieve his usual tan!!! However, we are still a lot browner than most of the locals - you can tell the Aussies because they are amazingly whiter than white!!! We think they only come out at night!!

We have only one more day of cricket to suffer - sorry - enjoy and then two more days sightseeing. We are hoping to visit Rottnest Island on one of the days and possibly Perth Zoo on the other, but the beach is very tempting ......!!!