Follow us on Facebook! Here are some additional photos of downtown Perth. The Murray Street Mall looking toward Barrack Street Elevated walkway along Forrest Place. Shops line this walkway which becomes an overpass to Perth Station. Interesting sculpture at Forrest Place The old Western Australia Museum with children’s aural park in front of it. Close-up of the…
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Downtown Perth
Follow us on Facebook! With a population of just over two million, Perth is Australia’s fourth largest city as well as the largest city and the capital of Western Australia. It was founded in 1829 as the administrative center for the Swan River Colony. Today it is a bustling modern city that headquarters most of the…
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Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, Western Australia
Follow us on Facebook! In British Columbia they have had an annual sand castle competition for many years. It used to be held on the beach at White Rock, later moving to Harrison Hot Springs. But a couple of years ago it moved again, this time to Parksville on Vancouver Island. Contestants from all over the…
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Photo Gallery: Sculpture by the Sea
Follow us on Facebook! Here are a number of additional pictures from Sculpture by the Sea at Cottesloe, Western Australia. The Sun Dial. This large sun dial is a permanent structure and not part of the Sculpture by the Sea exhibit. But it is worth checking out. These sculptures look like giant chess pieces. They are…
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Photo Gallery: Caversham Wildlife Park
Here are some more pictures from our visit to the Caversham Wildlife Park. Map of the Caversham Wildlife Park. A joey nursing. Janis and Sarah petting a kangaroo. A barking owl at the Caversham Wildlife Park. The sound it makes sounds like a barking dog. A kookaburra A bettong, an Australian marsupial the size of…
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Caversham Wildlife Park
When you visit Australia, you want to see kangaroos. Don’t ask me why, but you do. It is the iconic animal of that country and they are very common and you see signs everywhere warning of the possibility of kangaroos crossing, just as in Canada we have signs warning of deer crossing. But actually spotting…
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Mandurah, Western Australia – a Modern day Venice
Follow us on Facebook! For Valentine’s Day, my wife and I decided to take a day trip to Mandurah and stay overnight. We had never been there before so didn’t know what to expect. What we found was beautiful city of waterways, canals, parks and restaurants. Getting there is easy. Mandurah is part of the greater…
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