WA Aus Champs - Part 3

Friday, 6 October 2023

Thursday was the schools relay day - always the loudest and the most colourful of the schools events.  

Whilst many of the state teams were beaten by the NZ teams, the Tasmanians did pretty well against the other states and Jett's team was 3rd state overall which was great for his final year.

After all the excitement Zali and I went out to run our final race of the 3-day just as it was getting really hot - so it was a bit of a struggle but still fun.  Then we drove to our final accommodation place - a weird half dune-construction, half holiday villa suburb about 30 minutes north of Perth - possibly a bit like Dubai!  I booked it as it looked like a complete change from all our other places - and I'm pretty happy with it so far!  Despite being the cheapest per night its by far the most spacious and only 300 metres from the beach. 

Ali and I started the last rest day with a dip in the ocean then breakfast outside which was lovely. Then (while Zali still slept) we drove about 15 minutes to a nearby national park where the Tasmanian team were busy doing a tree top adventure.  After catching up with them all for a bit we checked out the Koala enclosure then drove to the Yanchep Lagoon - a place recommended by the person at the park entry gates - that tip was worth the $15 entry fee alone as it turned out to be really lovely:

If we get a chance I'd like to go back there - it was by far the most busy place on the coast (everywhere else seems weirdly quiet - even the national park). We had a quick dip then headed back to see how Zali was doing.  She was up so I was able to drag her down to the beach where we spent a lovely few hours in the water then lying on the grass in the sun (That's Zali in the water in the photo below).

Tomorrow is going to be really hot (37) so I am already looking forward to the swim in the sea when we get home from the Long Distance Champs.  The start times have already been brought forward by an hour but it's still going to be 30 degrees when we start so I'm not really looking forward to it!