That just happened ..

 

It has only been about three weeks since we were last in the city, sometime in that three weeks the Perth City Visitor Kiosk on Murray Street, which the last time you saw it looked like this is now transformed into a rainbow of information and I have to say I like it 💚💛💜💙💓 It was an engaging design anyway, now it pops with enthusiasm and so much easier to keep clean, those pesky gulls :) Have a look at above link, what do you think bright white or rainbow colours? Happy Thursday, take care and stay safe.. 

Kings Park Festival part two..

 

It was such a beautiful, if somewhat warm, day on Monday when we visited the Botanic Gardens in Kings Park Festival that I thought I would share a few last clicks from the visit. Picnickers, painters and plants.. what's not to like 🌸 Off into the city today for the first time for a while, looking forward to it. Happy Wednesday, take care and stay safe..

Kings Park Festival..

 

 

 It's that time of the year again.. the Kings Park Festival. After visiting my sister in hospital yesterday we popped up to see the many colours of the spring flowers in the Botanical Garden. It was far too warm a day for the beginning of spring but apparently I was the only one who thought so :) The park was buzzing with bees picnickers, plein air painters, children on school excursions, people out and about snapping pics. Will show you a wee bit more tomorrow. Happy Tuesday, take care and stay safe.. P.s. does anyone else hate the new blogger as much as I do, it's taken me so long to get this post up.. gaaaah!

 

Broody chook..

 

Spotted the colourful mural on the way out of Fremantle last week. On the wall of the Broody Hen Coffee Shop it was painted earlier this year in July by Freo multi-disciplinary artist Jackson Harvey. That chook definitely has a broody protective glint in her eye :) Hope you had/are still having a good weekend, can you believe it's going to be 27C here today.. not sure if I'm ready yet! Happy Monday, take care and stay safe.. 

Visit Sami to see more Monday Murals from around the world.. 

Playing a'round'..

 

So much reflective fun! I borrowed the lens ball from my BIL and had a wonderful time experimenting when we were in Fremantle on Thursday. Aimee has been asking me what I want for my birthday next month.. guess what my suggestion was :) I can't resist a click or two of my favourite blue fishing boats at any time we are there this time was no exception. I'm not even sure if these boats still go out fishing I have never been there early enough to find out, must do that! Happy weekend, take care and stay safe..

Visit James to see Weekend Reflections from around the world.. 

Blue Waters..

 

 Ever since I saw a picture of Blue Waters I have wanted to clap eyes on this Art Deco beauty. If you click the link you will see that it has quite a history. Designed as a 'party palace the house became both a social hub and a landmark'.  Although there was a lot of work going on in the garden the house looked a little sad.. like it's heydays are a thing of the past.. I could be wrong and hope I am, oh how I would love to see inside. Happy Friday, take care and stay safe..

Kokoda Track and back..

The Kokoda Track Memorial Walk is 'a tribute to the bravery of Australian troops who fought through atrocious conditions and against vastly superior numbers in the Papua New Guinea campaign of July 1942 - January 1943'. We chose to walk down the track which begins just north of the State Memorial in Kings Park  and is 150 steps (vertical rise of 62mtres) down to Mounts Bay Road.. 

A man passed by us a few times on the way down, I asked him how many times had he been up and down.. eight times, that's a whole lot of steps! No sooner had we reached the bottom when we had to climb the steps below..

This part of the walk was very pretty.. and flat :) Along Mounts Bay Road..

... across the Freeway foot bridge, I should have taken a shot of that, and into  John Oldham Park. This park is a gem so close to the city with it's magical woodland and waterfalls..

It looks like a harmless street doesn't it.. you couldn't be more wrong. Not for nothing is it called Mount Street! This was the killer part of the walk for me. If the Kokoda track has a vertical rise of 62 metres this is similar but so much longer,  below the beginning and..

.. below looking back from half way up! Taking us back to the top of Kings Park and a much needed coffee and breakfast.. have you noticed how many of our walks end that way 😉 It wasn't that long a walk, maybe 4 or 5km but Mount Street, oh boy! Happy Thursday, take care and stay safe..