22 Feb : Perth and "The Cut" (Golf on the Indian Ocean)

+Jill Beck and I got up and departed on an hour drive south to play one more round of golf on the trip. I wanted to play somewhere on the Indian Ocean given that there's a chance that may never happen again to us.

"The Cut" says 13 holes have a view of the ocean but that seems generous - perhaps 9 or 10 to be more realistic. Nonetheless, it was a decent links/dunes layout particularly the back nine which had no houses - unlike the front nine.

Since the restaurant wasn't open for brekky, we just started early and played through one foursome for a 95 minute front nine. On the back nine, we caught someone around the 12th hole but just slowed things down a bit to soak it all in. There was a group in front of them anyway, so we just enjoyed the views.

The entire round AND lunch was just over 4 hours so we got back far earlier than expected. This allowed us time to do more laundry, pack, and prepare to return briefly to Sydney. Flights to Ayers Rock / Uluru only originate in Sydney and that must be part of our tour.

 
We took this final night in Perth as a chance to take Andrew, Fiona, and Dylan out to a Japanese "tapas" type of place called Kuza. It was tasty and worthwhile for all of us.