The upper garden to the right of the house

The estate we are in was purpose built for Anglo Coal (Andy’s employer) so the layout is fantastic with paths and green areas everywhere, and a huge park which is literally over the road from our house. Our street, Fenech Court, is a small cul-de-sac so we don’t have a lot of traffic going past. All the streets round this area are named after famous Australian sporting people. Jeff Fenech was a boxer, so in my quest to educate you all, here is some information about him which may come in useful in a pub quiz one day!

'Our greatest achiever in the ring'
Few sportsmen, let alone boxers, have captured the imagination of the Australian public like Jeff Fenech.
Arguably one of our greatest fighters, it is without argument that he is our
greatest achiever in the ring.
He first caught the public's attention at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic games, where he was unlucky to miss a gold medal. Fenech turned pro immediately and the 'Marrickville Mauler' was a world champion within an astonishingly quick space of six months and seven fights. That was the IBF World Bantamweight Championship in April 1985 Fenech took from Satoshi Shingaki of Japan. In a pro career of 32 bouts, more than half were with one title or another at stake. He made three defences of the bantamweight crown before moving up a division to claim the WBC Super-Bantamweight belt. Three times he defended this title before stepping up for a 3rd time - on this occasion to the WBC World Featherweight title, and made three successful defences. A fourth title narrowly eluded Fenech in a poor Las Vegas decision' when he drew with Azumah Nelson for the WBC Super-Featherweight title. Fenech was not the same boxer after this and advancing years precluded further glory. He remains one of a very select group of boxers to have won three world titles and throughout the 80's the passion and sincerity of Fenech ensured unqualified support and admiration from many Australians - boxing fans and non-fans alike.

The pest control man came yesterday; I was expecting a John Goodman
(Arachnophobia) look-alike! He has sprayed and treated all inside and
outside the house for bugs like ants, cockroaches and spiders so hopefully that
will keep the little dears away.