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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Lake Joondalup Sat Sept 1

A really nice start to the first day of Spring. We started extra early this morning at 6:15am as I had a meeting to attend at 10:30am.

We arrived at Joondalup shortly after 7:00am, quite amazed at the amount of traffic for a Saturday morning on the freeway. Joondalup is a superbly designed township.

The walk along the foreshore of the lake was just so superb, very beautiful. There was a lot of birds, and we even saw several kangaroos. The return walk is 5.6km and took us about 70 minutes, so 5km an hour.

For breakfast we ended up at the Dome, as the place Peter wanted to go to is closed on Saturday mornings. I settled for the BLT and Peter had the usual poached eggs.

We won't be able to do our walk next Saturday as kathryn and I will be in Kalgoorlie. Our next walk will be around Herdsman Lake

 

 

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Yanchep Saturday August 24

A long drive today to Yanchep National Park. An easy drive with little traffic on the freeway. Peter was driving which was good as being a senior we got into the park for $5 instead of $11.

The weather was great, a little bit crisp, but still very pleasant. We first of all did the 4.5km circuit that took us past the Crystal Cave and Cabaret Cave. We had a brief stop to look at the koalas and then were plenty of kangaroos jumping around, very tame, and not at all concerned about our presence.

After the first walk we did a shorter walk a little over 2.5 km around the lake. It was now time for breakfast and we enjoyed our brunch in Rosie's Cafe overlooking Yanchep Lagoon, a very beautiful outlook.

Our next walk should be along lake JOONDALUP, not as far as this week.

 

 

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Saturday August 18 kelmscott Hills

Well we didn't make it to Yanchep today as planned. Instead we drove to Marcus and Sarah's place to check out the walk location for an ecclesial activity next Saturday.

They live in a great location on a hilltop, wonderful views. It was rather windy and cool when we commenced walking. The walk commenced virtually from their back door. There was a steep incline for about 10 minutes and then the rest of the walk was very easy and pleasant. The wind dropped once we had walked out of the gully.

The views from the hill top are pretty good. After our walk we had breakfast at the Dome in Armadale, the BLT went down very well with a coffee. Another successful walk was completed, and next week we will hope to make it to Yanchep.

 

 

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Guilderton Saturday August 11

Peter wasn't available for the walk today, so Allan came along. I picked up Allan at around 7:20am, and we were in Guilderton at about 9:00am. It was a very pleasant drive and the weather was beautiful. You can feel spring is coming. The coast at Guilderton looked glorious. Allan couldn't join me for the walk as he is still recovering from his knee replacement.

I walked past the headland where the Moore river entered the ocean and then up the beach to the groyne, then to the lighthouse and back to the township via the road.

On my arrival back into the main township I had breakfast with Allan at the very nice cafe next to the caravan park. We also collected a few bags of very nice mandarins that were being sold at the entrance to the caravan park, I should have bought a box.

On the way back home we drove past were Allan and Beth use to live in Craigie. The house has now been knocked over and very nice place has been built there.

We also called into the plane viewing spot to have a look at a few landings and take offs, before dropping Allan home at about 1:00pm.

Saturday August 4

We haven't worked for several weeks, either sickness interfered or We were busy.

Peter is in recovery mode and asked that we don't walk too far. I selected a walk of less than 5 km at Trigg Mountain, but I miss understood the location and we ended up at Reobold Hill, City Beach.

There were plenty of joggers, mainly women. We had a long down hill section and then a steady climb on the return to the car park. Some of the views over the remnant bush land toward Perth and the river were quite spectacular.

We did get rained on a little bit, but nothing we couldn't handle. After our walk we had breakfast at the Wild Fig, Scarborough. A nice cafe on the beachfront with a retro 60s feel. I tried the pancakes with bacon, scrambled eggs and maple syrup, it was quite nice. Washed down with a macchiato coffee.

On the way home we purchased some fish from the Markets.

 

 

 

 

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