Saturday December 15 Kent Street Weir

Well we haven't made it to Penguin Island yet. Last weekend I was laid low with my cold, which is still laying me low. Peter was pushed for time today, so we repeated an earlier walk from Kent St Weir along Canning River to Green Street footbridge and then back along the river to have breakfast at the cafe b the weir.

While having breakfast I noticed the chap on another table as being Max Zeller a chap I went to school with. The last time I saw him was about 12 years ago. His middle daughter was working in the cafe.

Maybe another Saturday we will make it to Penguin Island.

Back to Rockingham foreshore Dec 1

We had breakfast at the same location today in Rockingham that we enjoyed last Saturday.

The walk along the foreshore was extremely attractive. As the pictures show looking towards Pt Peron it looks idealic, looking northward along the cove you can see all the heavy industry.

This walk was very convenient as I also dropped off some exam papers to another marker who lived in the area.

Next week we have our first overseas walk at Penguin Island.

 

 

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Saturday November 24 Pt Peron

The weather is much better in Perth than what I have ever experienced in Perth. Today our walk was our furtherest one south of the CBD. Pt Peron (named after a French explorer) is on the southern end of Cockburn sound. This is a beautiful sound, marred by heavy industry, but looking back from a high point on the Point, there is is still many beautiful views. On the Point there is still concrete gun shelters left over from world war 2.

On the way to and from Pt Peron, Peter showed me some of the regional developments he has been involved in around the Kwinana town centre. This is a working class area, established to support the heavy industry, but the ordinary housing is built amongst some quite attractive undulating landscape and with further developments could be quite an attractive area to live in.

Next week we will return to the Rockingham foreshore for a walk along the beachfront. Where we had breakfast this morning it overlooked where we will walk along.

 

 

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Saturday November 17

I believe I can add another entry for Brisbane as I had a walk before and after breakfast this morning. the cafe near where I am staying provided an excellent scrambled egg and good service.

Below is a picture of South Brisbane Ecclesial Hall.

 

 

 

Well I have had my one day of good Queensland weather yesterday, seems you can't get two in a row here. All day we have been buffeted by thunderstorms and some very serious rain. The airport has had problems handling flights.

 

 

It has been a very busy day with the Review of the ACBM lasting from 9:00am till 12:30pm. After lunch we discussed the implementation strategies developed from the 38 recommendations that have come out of the review. After afternoon tea we had the annual committee meeting. Then after dinner we had a session on the work of the Truth in China.

It would be worth having the same address given in the West.

 

Tomorrow before flying home I plan on attending the Wilston Meeting.

 

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Friday November Brisbane

Yes this is a bit different I have included Brisbane in my walks around Perth. I have justified the inclusion as I have done about an hours walking once I landed.

My flight left about 20 minutes late but his didn't matter as we landed early. Four hours to cover the distance, we had a ground speed of 980km per hour. Going home against the wind will make is a 6 hour journey. The flight was really enjoyable as I was on the exit row and had plenty of leg room, as the picture below indicates.

I'm in Brisbane attending the annual ACBM meeting to discuss mission work. The first meeting was tonight from 7:30pm till 10:30pm. Tomorrow we will be looking at the National Review of the ACBM, followed by a mission evening.

This is my first stay in private accommodation via AirbnB and it has worked out really well with my room under the house with my own ensuite. Most of the houses in this area are two storey wood dwellings. There was obviously lots of trees in the past. Saw a possum outside of where I am staying making its way across the street via a single electrical wire, pretty good balance work.

A place of funny signs.

 

 

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Woodman Point November 10

Started our walk a little earlier today. Collected Peter at 6.30 am. We were at Woodman Point before 7:00 am. Woodman Point is south of Fremantle. situated in the middle of the beautiful Cockburn Sound. Unfortuntely much of the beauty has been absorbed by Cockburn Sound being used for heavy industry as some of the pictures show. This commenced in the 1950s when it looked like Cockburn sound was a long way from the major Perth suburbs.

 

Woodman Point has a large recreational area and on our 7km walk we saw blue wren, can't recall seing on of these in the metro area before and there was a large seal swimming at the end of the point.

We completed our walk in a little over an hour on a very well made bitumen pathway. Breakfast was at the Didyma Cafe in Fremantle. The cafe had a strong Turkish influence, was very clean and served up an excellent breakfast. We were home by 9:30 am in time to attend the Sri Lanka Spring Fair for the rest of the day.

Next weekend I will be in Brisbane and hope to give an update on any walks I find there.

 

 

 

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November 3rd 2012 Saturday Cottesloe Beach

I rode over to Peter's place this morning, about a 20 minute ride. The weather is warm enough to enjoy the ride. It was great to have Peter back on the walk trail.

Cottesloe Beach was some what blowy this morning but it wasn't cold at all. The walk was a little over 6km, we walked from Grant Street to the Vlamming Memorial, the first recorded European landing on the local coast in 1697.

There was plenty of other people walking along the ocean front, predominantly young women. It would have been nice to walk on the beach sand, a warmer day and we probably would have done this. One interesting thing we saw on our walk was a marker on the footpath indicating we had passed over the 32deg south longtitude line.

 

We had breakfast at a nice eatery next the more well known Blue Duck. We sat inside as it was too windy outside.

Next week our walk is further south at Woodman Point.

 

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Saturday October 27 Trigg Mountain

This is the first official walk for a couple weeks. Peter couldn't make it this week due to family commitments. Paul Wearne came along for the ride, which was very good of him.

This week's walk was at Trigg Mountain in Karrinyup. This area is one of the official bushland preservation areas in the Perth area. You could feel even in the early hours of the day that it was going to be a warm one, the official temperature is 35+. There was also more flies than usual, which is not unusual for this time of the year.

The walk was very pleasant through the bushland, with the main track sealed. There was lovely views across the ocean towards Rottnest Island. Paul remarked that he had never seen the view so clear. there was also quite a few signs indicating the types of plants that grow in the area. I especially noted the Quandong trees, haven't seen these in the metro area before. They have a large red fruit and are edible. The fruit are edible, which is something for our bushland.

We walked probably close to 6kms with some steep dune climbing, a little bit of a puff. We had breakfast at a local eatery found via Urbanspoon. It was very popular and the food was as good as the reviews indicated.

I'm looking forward to the walk next week along Cottesloe beach with Peter.

 

 

 

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Mindarie Dunes Saturday October 6

Peter picked out today, some lame excuse he had to go to Busselton. In reality I think he didn't want to drive the 110km round trip to the northern Perth Beach at Mindarie.

Kathryn came along as a compromise. The weather was beautiful, but there was a very strong wind blowing from the East. The walk was through some Tuart Trees, believed to the almost northern limit of this coastal variety. It was an interesting walk, but a little too sandy for Kathryn. The walk back along the beachfront was very nice and the sand was firmer.

We had breakfast at the Mindarie Marina at a nice place on the Water's edge. Great service and good food. Next week's walk will be a little closer to home if I am not in Kalgoorlie with Allan.

 

 

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Saturday Sept 29 2012 Beelair Regional Park

Weather was a bit cold, but a very beautiful 6km walk around a lake surround by Paperbarks. They say this area is a remnant of how much of the Perth Metro area once was. This area is very close where the first settlers set up camp in 1829 for a short period of time.

After our invigorating walk we had breakfast at the Coogee Beach Cafe. Much to Peter's surprise it was an acceptable quality egg and bacon, although the coffee was a tad small in volume.

Next week we go north to a walk through Mindarie sand dunes.

 

 

 

 

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Thompson Lake Saturday Sept 22, 2012

 

I was a bit concerned that the rain would prevent our walk today, but all we experienced was a light shower and plenty of wind.

Our walk today was 6km around lake Thompson, now part of a regional park. It was only a short distance from, just south of Cockburn Central and off the freeway.

The are is well fenced in an effort to keep foxes out, although we believe we saw one running into the scrub, there is an active baiting programme according to the signs.

The track was very easy walking around the lack except for a small section in which we had to find our own way through the wet under foot scrub as the track was under water.

At one stage Peter fell over as we went through the scrub, it was pleasing to note that he didn't seem to suffer any injuries from his tumble, the softness of the ground cushioned the impact.

After Peter recovered we finished our walk around the lake and eventually rejoined a track that was not under water. We also came across a chap who visited the park each day for a walk. He indicated that the park contained 17 varieties of orchids, but he had only found 4. We spotted a hawk and eagle flying around as we neared the end of our journey.

For breakfast this morning we ended up at Miss Maud's in the Cockburn Central shopping centre. Before returning to Peter's place we went to the Canningvale Markets and obtained some fish.

 

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Herdsman Lake Sept 15 2012

 

Peter wasn't available today as he was on the Heritage College fun run.

So Kathryn joined me for the quite beautiful walk around Herdsman Lake. It was 8km in distance and a mixture of parkland, birds, water and beautiful homes. It took about 90 minutes to walk, Kathryn did about half the distance.

 

Afterwards we enjoyed a breakfast at the Bishop & Clove in Wembley. This was recommended by the Urbanspoon review. It was abreast choice for breakfast And reasonably priced.

 

 

The weather today was a superb spring day. Next Saturday it should be a walk around Thompson Lake.

 

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