No, not sharks, dolphins!

On Sunday R and I set off for a cycle ride to Fremantle. Our route took us south of the river and along the cycle path that runs all the way along the Swan river into Fremantle. I had an awesome day. It was so lovely being out on Sunday morning in a new area, (I've never cycled this route before), seeing the families picnicking on the riverbanks, people kayaking and fishing. And the dolphins! We saw dolphins. I saw a dolphin on the Swan river once before when we were out on the boat but that was more of a glimpse. This time we stopped and watched the dolphins swimming and playing about in the water. I did have a little moment of realising how bloody lucky i am to be living in such an amazing place.

The photo above is a pelican on a lamp post. Unfortunately the pelican rather stubbornly wouldn't turn around so i couldn't get a good angle on his beak!

In Freo we stopped to watch local band, San Cisco, play at a mental health awareness day (where we also got free water and fruit. We love a freebie! The bananas were V popular and we didn't manage to get our hands on one of those. For those outside of australia, bananas are currently about $11 a kilo. That's about £7!) Triple J (australian radio station) have been playing San Cisco's record these last couple of weeks so it seemed like a good opportunity to catch the band live before they potentially get big and popular. They've got a good sound to them... a bit Vampire Weekend-ish.

We were going to jump on the train home but i suggested we cycle along the coastal path to cottesloe, which we did, and we stopped for fish and chips on the grass in the shade of the pine trees. R had a little snooze and then we jumped back on the bikes and decided we might as well cycle all the way home. (We worked out it was probably about 55 kms in total)

We stopped in our local, the Paddo, for a well deserved pint, (a midi for me) and bumped into a couple of friends, so 1 drink turned into 2. We then went home watched the last of the Twilight movies (god, can she get any more drippy? I'm interested to see what she's like in the Runaways movie, which we've going to watch on dvd this weekend) and ate cheese and crackers. An absolutely perfect day!