Thursday afternoon

Inese arrived safely and admired our room, and the view. She brought food with her (a true Hospitality Chair, a great person to room with). After a cup of tea we went shopping for more supplies. We ran into Accolade on the way and gave them all hugs from Di Huber, and us as well. At the Performing Arts Centre we saw Lorraine and Laonie, who took the Convention registrations back to their room so we could keep going unencumbered.


The main shopping precinct is a short walk away along the shores of Mandjah Bay. Although Mandurah is completely flat, its position on the Estuary and the landscaping and boardwalks around the shore make it very attractive. In the playground Inese pointed out a swing made for kids in wheelchairs, which I'd never seen before.


Back in our room, and with the groceries put away, I collected the retexted the others to let them know we had their registrations, but my mobile phone refused to send messages. Grrrrh. We headed out for dinner and on the bridge we met Verve coming back from quartet chorus rehearsals so we were able to give them hugs from Di as well, and hand over their registrations. Then Steph and Pippa turned up on the bridge as well - more hugs!


We met up with Accolade who'd just finished quartet walkthroughs and also Jill Wardrop and (aargh, my brain's gone blank) someone else we know well and Tony Skyes from Sydney Harmony and had dinner at the Dome which is one of many restaurants on the boardwalk. Two glasses of red wine on top of 3 hours sleep put my brain into sleep mode, I couldn't remember the bass part of You Give Your Hand To Me which was a bit sad as I was the only bass.


There were other Sweet Adelines doing the same thing - on the way back we saw Di Godwin with Aurora Australis We were back at the hotel by 9 pm and I went straight to sleep with the sound of the waves on the beach in the background.