Ontario Canada



Casa Loma



Here we are - Niagara Falls!

We are having a wonderful time in Ontario, Canada. We have been spending our time seeing the sights of Toronto where it has been so hot! Apparently this is a hot dry summer for them, but the humidity is very high compared to most of Australia, so when it is 32deg. it feels about 38. We have done the usual tourist stuff – the Art Gallery, Museum, markets etc. plus a private castle/mansion called Casa Loma which overlooks the city. It has only rained about 4 days since we’ve been here. Ontario is so green and of course in autumn when the leaves fall it is a blaze of colour. We hope to see some of that as we travel across the country to Vancouver before we come home.

Of course we did a trip to Niagara Falls and the nearby picturesque town of Niagara-on-the lake and did the “Maid of the Mist” boat ride (the mist is a torrential downpour).



Peter & Annette Whatmore



The main reason for our visit was our son Peter’s wedding to a lovely Canadian girl, Annette, but before that there was a couple of weeks work getting their old lakeside cottage into suitable condition to be used as the wedding venue, so we have spent quite a bit of time in the beautiful cottage country north of Toronto. Everything for the wedding had to be brought in by boat as there is no road access. That meant a marquee, food & drinks, tables and chairs, light and sound equipment and of course all the guests, many of whom stayed several nights camping in the woods.

The cottage on wedding day



Wedding on the dock



It all went off perfectly with fine warm weather and a wonderful group of friendly family and friends. Special thanks to all the people who volunteered their time and hours of labour to make the day a success, not only on the actual wedding day but in the days preceding doing jobs like building the new deck, painting, repairing rock walls, building stairs, gardening, racking and moving stuff around.

We are so happy that Peter and Annette have so many good friends and family around them.

Paradise on the lake in cottage country north of Toronto