Monthly Archive: April 2013

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Whiteman Park Classic Car Show

Whiteman Park is a beautiful place and just the area alone would be an attraction for me, but it seems to hosts a lot of events and always seems to have an emphasis on children. Last weekend though, they held the  Classic Car show.          The largest display of...

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My First Australian Rules Football Game

Georgie likes Aussie rules and her son Matt plays, so I was curious what the game was like. Georgie invited John and I to watch her son play, so we went. The game’s objective is to move the ball downfield and kick the ball through the team’s goal. The main...

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ANZAC Day

    Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand that broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders “who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations” and “the contribution and suffering of all those who have served.” Originally 25 April every year...

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Silver Princess

Long before John started calling me “Princess” I admired his photos of this flower.  All my other times to Australia, these were not in flower in his garden. I was so happy when I noticed this time around it was starting to show its lovely pink flowers. Eucalyptus caesia, commonly...

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Guildford, Western Australia

After riding through Guildford some time ago on our way to somewhere else. we decided to return as it looked like a lovely place for photos. Guildford was established in 1829 on the Swan River, being sited near a permanent fresh water supply. During Captain Stirling’s exploration for a suitable...

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Miranda’s Birthday Party

When you’re far from the ones you love, sometimes you just do what you have to do to be with them, especially on important occasions. Enric set it up so that we would Skype when they would celebrate Miranda’s actual date of birth, as it seems she already had a...

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The Aquarium of Western Australia

So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:21 This is only my second...

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Mandurah

We should have known we were in for a silly day the way it started. Earlier in the week, John received a call from a fellow who was interested in buying one of his photos. They were settling on price and a place to meet for delivery, how many photos...

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Shout for Joy Sunset

We went off to look at what looked like it could be a nice sunset. To the beach in a hurry and we barely arrived in time. It was a lovely sunset and as we were walking towards it, we looked back to the houses that were perched there and...

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Fremantle part 3, the Duyfken

In 1606, the small Dutch ship Duyfken sailed from the Indonesian island of Banda in search of gold and trade opportunities on the fabled island of Nova Guinea. Under the command of Willem Janszoon, Duyfken and her crew ventured south-east. They sailed beyond Os Papuas (Papua New Guinea)and explored and...

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Fremantle part 2, The Streets

As I wrote in my last blog, Fremantle is a bit of a puzzle to me, so many different things to see and observe in one place. After a visit to the markets, we strolled around the streets of Fremantle, with more than the ususal to see because this time...

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Fremantle part 1

Fremantle is a hard place for  me to get my head around and to describe to others. It reminds me of Annapolis in that there is a harbor and it’s very historic. There really is more to it than that. It has Aboriginal history, it has this whole Navy and...

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Back to John Forrest National Park

Less than a month ago we went to John Forrest National Park, hoping that we could see a waterfall, but there had been no rain to speak of and no waterfall, not one drop! With a holiday weekend ahead and two good rains behind us, we thought we would try...

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Office Space

“Changing my life with the wave of her hand..”  The Beatles I’ve been repeatedly accused of changing the house with ‘the wave of my hand.’ Well some changes were needed, but I now really like that Beatles song. 🙂 I had some difficulty convincing my husband that his new bride needed...