Perth part one with Rob Wilson and family.

Heading for Perth.

Kings Park Botanic Gardens entrance with indigenous bedding.

Kings Park Botanic Gardens above Perth. I had a long few hours there. The signage is really very good, very informative and very readable.

Part of the natural forest above the city in Kings Park.

The spectacular Glass Bridge over the gorge.

Some of the amazing indigenous flowers.

Australian Magpie. One of these attacked me three times. I saw one knock a 4 year old child off his scooter three times too! Nasty birds from Down Under. Breeding season and the males are super cocky!

Spectacular flower on one of the Hakeas. almost like a Bottlebrush.

Part of the Jarra Forest created in the gardens with indigenous undergrowth. Really haunting and full of parrots and cockatoos.

One of many inlaid pathways. Really special.

I had to take a shot of these Blue indigenous Daisies.

Looking accross the war memorial towards downtown.

Plaque on the WW1 Memorial.

Close to 11 November. We will remember them. Set politics aside and remember hwo they fought, suffered and died. Now we are here. Just remember that.

One of the most horrific mistakes in Allied Militray History. The ANZACS payed the price for meddling by the Generals who had no idea what they were doing.

Another place in History where the Asutralians bailed out the British with their compatriot South Africans paying the price too for the greater strategy.

We find her all over the Empire.

A beautifully preserved cannon. One of two.

Every tree in this avenue was planted in 1929 by a contributor to the gardens. Each tree has a plaque in remembrance. This is a very good idea.

Walking down to the city and this is one of the major motorways from the South of the river Swan.

One of the few older Histric buildings to be preserved.

Huge Ficus in the Supreme Court Garden where the Magpie committed a hideous crime on my head three times. Luckily I had my SACS cap and had no serious injuries.

Lok how this root has engulfed the kerb. Amazing how quickly they do this.

The Bell Tower at the Waterfront with the Canterbury Bells up in the Glass Tower.

Locks indicating Love at the Bell Tower.

Beautiful Cormorant

Accross the Swan. I took the ferry accross.

Supreme Court. Site of the Magpie attack!

Kangaroo sculpture. Papa, Mama and Joey.

One of the Cathedrals with a very strange piece of sculpture on the lawn.

Another shot of the Cathedral without the distraction of a weird sculpture.

Woolworths Vegemite.

One of the many schools rowing sheds.

Bobby Koetser and family took me out for Sunday lunch at a micro brewery in Freemantle. Great to see him after so many years.

A lesson in Didgereedo playing. Tougher than you think.

My teacher. Yalaru. He is such a wonderful young man. So proud of his culture and so kind and passionate with the sounds and history of the Didereedoo

One of the many rope 'jungle gyms' in Perth and Freemantle. Great idea.

The Brewerty where we had lunch.

Bobby and I. He works for BHPBilliton the mining giant.

Chapel at Haile College (High School)

Wesleyan College (High School)

A corner of the WACA adjacent to Trinity College (High School)

Aquinas College Gym where Rob Wilsons two elder boys are at school.

Scotch College Admin Block where my nephew Peter worked while at WA University.

The Scotch College Rose Garden. We need one at SACS. I could be the gardener.

Christ Church College (High School) entrance.

That's how close the Swan is for rowing.

Entrance to Christ Church College

Rob and Amanda with their three boys; Adam, Russell (in Aquinas College Summer uniform and Hugo in his prep school uniform. And in the background, my 'selfie'. They were wonderful to stay with and thanks Adam for your room and Rob for all the driving around Perth and Freemantle. It was a wonderful time spent with you all.
And more from Perth later. The journey continues.