We
travelled down the Western coastal road to Perth . Yes, now you can go just about
all the way. The country was a picture and there were many sand dunes of
pure white. The flowering trees were out everywhere, wattles, Tryptamine
and others. The Grass trees stand like eternal Aboriginal sentinels
guarding the land. They grow for miles and miles in a picture of
grasses and flowers. At one stage, while photographing a colourful
flower, I momentarily got a fright when I stood up to see what I thought was an
Aboriginal standing right behind me, arms held high with a
weapon. However, it was just a Grass
Tree.
We
called into Cervantes and the Pinnacles once again and purchased a book and
some gifts. We contacted the author of the book on orchids and he phoned us to
have a chat, which was very nice of him, so information and ideas were swapped.
Even
when we arrived in Perth
it seems to all be sand dunes. They are tearing down the native bushland
and replacing it with huge concrete housing and malls, everywhere. Poor
nature is being knocked off, block by block. As habitats disappear, so do
our native creatures that depend on the flora and fauna of the land.
We
had an excellent time at church at Livingstone – an exciting church to be part
of – very forward thinking, bursting at the seams with a good spread of all
ages. Some people remembered us from our last visit, four weeks ago.
We
visited Perth Zoo yesterday. We spend an hour or so with the single
female Numbat which was on display. It is WA’s faunal emblem, but after
they announced this, they couldn’t find many. They were almost extinct.
There is a large program of breeding being undertaken by the Zoo. I met
the Numbat breeders and scientists and had a good talk about Numbats. The
Zoo also had a great DVD on the Numbat. This new information will
be added to the book I recently wrote for the proprietors of the Stirling Range
Retreat who are great conservationists.
We
quickly dashed over to Kings
Park , while the weather
held out for us and strolled around the floral displays of native plants.
We ran into the “Adorable Florables”. They dress as flowers and run shows
on the native flowers. I managed to have my photo taken with
them. They are from a Perth Theatre company.
A
farmer who moved in behind us this afternoon said that a few weeks ago they had
no water in their dams or tanks and now they are all overflowing. He said
this is the first time they have been like that for many years. So God
has been good sending the rain to bless all the farmers and the countryside,
clothing it with majesty and beauty.
We
are heading further south tomorrow to Busselton. So the weather will
probably get even more severe than it is at present.
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