23 Perth - Kings Park - 14-16th Sept 2012

14th-16th September 2012

It has been good to have you journeying along with us on our trip. We are still enjoying it a great deal, more so now that we are into fairly new country and the distance between interesting spots is not so great as previously.

Today was a day for the beautiful Perth Botanical Gardens and the Wild Flower Exhibition. We arrived very early in the morning and I think we photographed most things in their best light. Being Sunday we got a head start on almost everybody.

Adorable Florables live theatre show at Kings Park

I would say it is similar idea to Floriade, except the plantings are permanent and not changed every year. We had a perfect day. We also drove to see Freemantle and connected with some of Perth's beaches and beauty spots on the Swan River. The River gets very wide indeed in some places, much like Sydney Harbour, I thought. One recreational spot we found had a long, windy sandy spit going all the way out to an island in the middle of the Swan River. Many people were walking there. However, I noticed in passing later, that much of the sand had disappeared under water, so people would either be wading, swimming or getting picked up by boat I expect.

Graeme found the location of his old home in Perth, 1128 Albany Road, Bentley Park. The old home was gone, in its place was a SHELL Service Station (at least that retained his name!) 

 He also visited his old Vic Park School, now Riverside Community College, and Vic Park Church, both now catering for a multicultural population. 

 On Sabbath we visited Carmel College Church where they have a dynamic and tasteful musical group leading the singing.