Perth Day 3 and 4 - Perth and Toodyay, Western Australia
Perth Day 3 and 4 - Perth and Toodyay, Western Australia
On the morning of my 3rd day I walked to find the
Indian Ocean. Turned out to be too far away for the
time I had before we had planned to leave for my
host's holiday and weekend home. Instead I wandered
in a Bush Reserve photographing wild flowers of many
colors.
On our way northward we drove all the Indian Ocean so
I could take some pictures of the green water and see
the various brick and stucco condominums that are
being built in the area south of Perth.
We arrived at Von and Micheal's country home outside
of Toodyay, one of the earliest settlement areas of
Western Australia. It was first discovered by a Dutch
explorer in the late 1600's who didn't find it of much
value. One hundred years later the English who were
in desperate need of finding resources came:
Captain James Stirling.
The house sits on the top of a hill, almost the
highest hill in the area. The views from the house
through its nearly complete walls of windows are 360
degrees of farms, hills, valleys and streams below.
The sounds of birds entertained us both days from
Magpies to various Cockatoos. In one of the farmer's
fields below could be seen several hundred white
cockatoos who would periodically fly from one field to
another, from the field to the trees and back again.
Around 3:00 each day they became extremely loud with
their chatter.
Watching the sunset with it's rainbow of colors was
beautiful as the orchestra of natural sounds
entertained us. That night we drove over to another
couple's weekend home to have a real Australian "BARBIE"
and a music trivia evening. Above us shown the
Southern Cross and the Milky Way unlike you can
imagine in any city. If the moon had not been so
bright it would have been as fabulous as I saw a few
nights in New Zealand a couple weeks ago.
I woke about 7:00, got up and set up on the veranda to
watch the sky change as the sun rose on the horizon
many kms away. Going from absolutely soundless except
for the air near my ears to the gradually increasing
songs of the waking birds was tremendous.
When we got back into the area near their home they
dropped me off at a railroad station so I could go
back into Perth for one more evening to pick up
newspapers for a friend, check on my camera, which
opened up with pieces flying earlier in the morning,
exposing some of the film and to have one more
oriental meal in Morthbridge.
I said goodbye to Perth this morning to fly to Darwin
to tour here for the next 3 days.
Best wishes to all of you.
Cheerio Wandering Alan
On the morning of my 3rd day I walked to find the
Indian Ocean. Turned out to be too far away for the
time I had before we had planned to leave for my
host's holiday and weekend home. Instead I wandered
in a Bush Reserve photographing wild flowers of many
colors.
On our way northward we drove all the Indian Ocean so
I could take some pictures of the green water and see
the various brick and stucco condominums that are
being built in the area south of Perth.
We arrived at Von and Micheal's country home outside
of Toodyay, one of the earliest settlement areas of
Western Australia. It was first discovered by a Dutch
explorer in the late 1600's who didn't find it of much
value. One hundred years later the English who were
in desperate need of finding resources came:
Captain James Stirling.
The house sits on the top of a hill, almost the
highest hill in the area. The views from the house
through its nearly complete walls of windows are 360
degrees of farms, hills, valleys and streams below.
The sounds of birds entertained us both days from
Magpies to various Cockatoos. In one of the farmer's
fields below could be seen several hundred white
cockatoos who would periodically fly from one field to
another, from the field to the trees and back again.
Around 3:00 each day they became extremely loud with
their chatter.
Watching the sunset with it's rainbow of colors was
beautiful as the orchestra of natural sounds
entertained us. That night we drove over to another
couple's weekend home to have a real Australian "BARBIE"
and a music trivia evening. Above us shown the
Southern Cross and the Milky Way unlike you can
imagine in any city. If the moon had not been so
bright it would have been as fabulous as I saw a few
nights in New Zealand a couple weeks ago.
I woke about 7:00, got up and set up on the veranda to
watch the sky change as the sun rose on the horizon
many kms away. Going from absolutely soundless except
for the air near my ears to the gradually increasing
songs of the waking birds was tremendous.
When we got back into the area near their home they
dropped me off at a railroad station so I could go
back into Perth for one more evening to pick up
newspapers for a friend, check on my camera, which
opened up with pieces flying earlier in the morning,
exposing some of the film and to have one more
oriental meal in Morthbridge.
I said goodbye to Perth this morning to fly to Darwin
to tour here for the next 3 days.
Best wishes to all of you.
Cheerio Wandering Alan
Comments
Post a Comment