Saturday, November 24, 2012
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.
Below is a picture of South Brisbane Ecclesial Hall.
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.
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.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
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.
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.
Saturday, November 3, 2012
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.
We had breakfast at a nice eatery next the more well known Blue Duck. We sat inside as it was too windy outside.
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