The beauty of decay.....

Perry's Cottage, or what's left of it was built in 1850 and sits in what's known as Perry's Paddock named after Jack Perry a grazier who bred race horses here at the turn of the century. People from Perth would come here for 'picnic race days', nowadays it's just fifteen minutes down the freeway to the city, but back in those days it would have been a bit of a trek, how fascinating to imagine the scene back then! Below just a stones throw away is the 'bunkhouse' not the original, this one built in the 1990's, but together with the cottage and 'linhay' (new word for me) above (aka the pile of rubble!) are representative of the lifestyle of the early European settlers. The property changed hands a few times before it became part of Yellagonga Regional Park in 1997, I haven't explored this park nearly enough and hope to put that to rights really soon. Click here to view all participants of this theme day, looking forward to it! Have a great weekend, take care.....