Monthly Archive: March 2012

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My First Bush Fire

I left Maryland with hopes of disasters behind me. Let’s face it, last year was a banner year: we had a tornado, 2 hurricanes, storms, flooding, and the first earthquake I’ve ever witnessed. I am not exaggerating when I say my nerves were shot, and we were all tired from...

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One Month Anniversary

We made it one month. So, we celebrated. We decided to do something we had done before, go to Perth from King’s Park and take city at night photos. John and I both grabbed our camera gear and his tripod, found a place to eat, then we were ready.  ...

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An Egg Hunt and John Let Me Have His Camera

  Sunday, we were invited to Cathy and Graham’s to an early Easter Egg Hunt. (Given that they will be very busy on Easter) 🙂 It was our job to pick up Dad and Iris, and because we had a party at the zoo that night, I didn’t bring my...

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Sunset at the Indian Ocean

They call the coast here by the Indian Ocean, the Sunset coast. It earns its name almost daily. “They who dwell in the ends of the earth stand in awe of Your signs; You make the dawn and the sunset shout for joy.” Psalm 65:8 (NASB) Anyone who really knows...

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Old Photos: Porongurups for a Honeymoon

Porongurup’s striking natural beauty is one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots, this unique granite range of twelve peaks rises above a tall karri tree forest rich in birdlife and a staggering array of spring wildflowers. From Albany, it’s just a 45 minute drive north to reach Porongurup and its national...

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Whiteman Park Car Museum

I am not really into cars, but John likes classic cars and we thought we might see something fun to share with Paul from Severn Gas Pumps. This is but a few of the things we saw.           At the museum we learned the story of...

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Whiteman Park Saturday

Saturday, John and I were unsure what to do. Since he lives close to Whiteman Park, we decided to go there.     Magpies make me nervous, as I know they can be very aggressive. I knew it wasn’t their aggressive time of year, but I was leery just the...

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Features

Since I tease (and complain) to John regarding his bachelor pad, I thought it only fair to point out a few features I like. Given that your every day automatic ice maker usually breaks (like ours at home), I thought John’s ice tray was pretty neat. Video showing how it...

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The Floor

John even though he says he needs to watch what he says around me, never really learns. Either that, or he really does like how I make his life interesting. Prior to getting married and me coming here, he worried after his holiday was over and he had to head...

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Shopping with the Girls

Yesterday Georgie, Iris, and I went on a girls day out shopping. We first though, surprised John at his work. I wanted to see where it was he earned a living and meet his co-workers. He was indeed surprised but gave me a quick grand tour. Georgie, after dealing with...

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Lake Monger

Lake Monger is a large urban wetland on the Swan Coastal Plain in suburban Perth, Western Australia nestled between the suburbs of Leederville, Wembley and Glendalough. The lake is presently used extensively for recreation as well as being a major tourist attraction with up to 12,000 visitors per week (Middle,...

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Medieval Fayre in Perth

Fayre-that’s the way they spelled it. Yesterday, we went to a Medieval Fayre in Perth’s Supreme Court Gardens. We went and were prepared that it would be nothing like Maryland’s Ren Fest, but it was fun just the same.           These birds were the same ones...

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Short Visit to Perth Zoo

I am sure one day soon we will have a long visit to Perth Zoo, but last Saturday, mostly because I was melting in the heat, we kept it a short visit. I stayed most of the time with the birds.                  ...

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Johns Banksias

I don’t say “our Banksias” as I have let John know the yard is his domain. He keeps trying to get me to cut the grass and clip the hedge anyway. But I do love the Banksias and glad he has planted them.           I can...

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Wedding Reception

Carrying on in doing things like no other couple does, two weeks after our wedding, Georgie held a wedding reception for us. She asked us to dress up like we did for the wedding which I was happy to do, I’m such a girl. 🙂          ...

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Caversham Wildlife Park Part One

When Laura and I came to Australia the last time, almost worth the entire price of the ticket to me was coming to Caversham Wildlife Park. We loved it there and of course I wanted to go back again.     He was even cuter awake. And hungry, so he...

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To Albany and BEYOND!

    The Gap is an impressive rugged granite channel carved by the waves of the Great Southern Ocean crashing against the granite coastline forming a spectacular sheer drop of almost twenty five metres. The Natural Bridge is a granite formation caused by the gradual wearing away of the rock...

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The Porongurups part Two

We got to the point of our hike where we were pulling ourselves up rocks but we reached a wonderful view. The Wedge-tailed Eagle has long wings (wingspan 2.3 m), a characteristic long, wedge-shaped tail, and legs that are feathered all the way to the base of the toes. The...

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The Porongurups part One

The granite from which Porongurup Range has been exposed by the slow weathering of the softer rocks surrounding the range. Although only 12 kilometres long and 670 metres (2,198 feet) at its highest point, the range is renowned for its beauty. It is clothed in a luxuriant forest of giant...

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The Banksia Farm

It wasn’t easy leaving our beloved Siesta Park, but I was curious as to what awaited us at the Banksia Farm. I think we got more than we expected, and that was a lovely surprise. The name of the place interested me as the banksia flowers are so different from...

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Meeting Andy

We were finally approaching Mt. Barker. The only Dolphin sibling I had not yet met yet was Andy. I was already familiar with his work however. He is a very talented artist, blogger, caricature artist, and animator. I really like a lot of his work, but one of his recent...

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Driving to Mt. Barker

  or, it’s my honeymoon, I’ll scream if I want to. 🙂 I was excited to this next part of our trip, as I hadn’t been to Mt. Barker before. But first we had to get there.  

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Good-bye Siesta Park

Our time was up at Siesta Park and we packed the car up to drive to Mount Barker. Siesta Park is a special place, so a look around before we go…

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Busselton Jetty

The last visit that we made to Australia, we were hoping to see the Busselton Jetty. Sadly it was closed that time around. This visit though, it was now open and John and I were sure to put it on our list of things to do while in the Southwest....

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Exploring Beaches and Boranup Forest

After our visit to the lighthouse, we made our way up the coast back to Siesta Park. We took our time exploring. Our first stop was at Foul Bay. There was nothing foul about it, it was peaceful, blue, pristine…I can never understand how we visit all these beaches and...