I find dusk my most favourite time to look over the river. We like to sit out the front on the veranda, we also set up the chairs under the tree in summer. The house is on the river so all I need to do is wander over the road to enjoy the river at dusk.

We are lucky, I was able to be born into a family where we have a property for holidays, even better, it is just 75 km from home. For some, this is just their normal daily commute from Mandurah to Perth, I just save it for weekends. I finish work on a Friday afternoon at 5pm and I can be at the house just before 6 pm, I am learning alternate paths to avoid traffic. In winter, I can be there walking through the door for the sunset. Summer is a different issue, 7:30 pm is sunset, so I have a whole hour and a half on a Friday night to get myself organised. I head down the shops and purchase my food for the weekend, I never bring with me and are all set up so returning home on Sunday afternoon is clean up and pack up – easy.