Blogs from Perth Hills, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 2

Just off the main street in York is a swing bridge across the local river and we walked over and back and took in the morning views. The main street itself is something to behold. In the end it was arguably the most enjoyable couple of hours spent on this journey. Only an hour out of Perth this is a local tourist spot that enjoys the weekend crowds similar to Hahndorf. The town has done everything right to retain the heritage and architecture of the buildings and shop fronts from yesteryear; however, some of the quirky little shops and stores are what make the place unique. Filled with various shops, cafes and two hotels there is plenty to look at along the way. There were some intruiging antique stores and we also spent some cash in ... read more

Off we hopped, back up to Perth for Australia Day with the Perth-Aussie Farnham’s. A national holiday celebrated on 26thJanuary this date commemorates the arrival of the British first fleet to establish a colony at Sydney Cove in 1788. The date is controversial to some Australians, particularly those indigenous aborigines, leading to it being called various alternatives, such as Invasion Day and Survival Day- as we saw with the protests on the day at a function attended by the Australian prime minister (not sure if you got the on the news back home). The conflict between the two groups seems to be a hard one to solve and is a considerable national challenge. Anyway, moving on ... For Australia Day, we ventured out to the Darling Range of Hills, inland of Perth, to an idyllic small ... read more

sitting here procrastinating not doing uni work trying to figure out how this blog works.... read more

So here I am. I believe it's been 3 and a bit months since I posted something on Travelblog and one of the reasons I'm posting THIS is because I've been enjoying reading through the things I posted in the past. Geocities closed in October and so my rather large website was forced offline. I saved just about all of the last 12 years to an external hard drive so I look forward to putting it all back together in the future. Travelblog is my chosen medium for now - and probably later - because of it's ease of use and the indexing. I'm at the same place I was last time I was in Perth - Lake Leshenaultia - because I really wouldn't want to be anywhere else. When it's good it's fantastic but when ... read more