Notham Trip

Today we left home just after 8am and got home after 8pm after a 600km round trip to Northam and back. Tomorrow (13th July) is Mums 66th birthday and I have been wanting to visit her grave for a while. Dad was in Perth so we met him at Stevens and convoyed to Northam. We had a picnic lunch on the riverbank in the very chilly wind.

Then we went for a stroll over the swinging bridge (which the dogs hate walking on). The sun eventually came out.

We headed out to the cemetery. Everything looked lovely and green with all the recent rains and new crops were growing nicely. We went to Mums grave first and put some flowers there.

Grandma and Grandpas graves are behind Mums...

Then we went over to Nanna and Poppa French's. I have decided tp put some faces to names.

We wandered around for about an hour in search of more relatives and found Poppa French's parents.....Then their daughters who died after a petrol iron exploded as she was using it.....

We all search for some Hitchcock graves and eventually found my Great Nans - Ida Hitchcock. I remember her when I was a little girl and she passed away when I was 11.

This is their family with my Nanna standing on the left.And with mum on her wedding day.

Me and Leisl holding Great Nans hand with Marion, Rodney and Steven (probably in 1971)

Sarah took some great shots on my big camera of other graves........

Although it was getting late we decided to drive over to York and look at some of the old buildings and have a cuppa. There were so many people out and about enjoying the day.

Then it was time for the long drive home.