A Bit of Perth

In October this year Perth will host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings. The heads of around a third of the world’s countries will be in attendance. Queen Elizabeth 11 will attend. For around five days Perth will be totally disrupted. One of the features of a CHOGM event is that on one day all [...]

Photo Hunt; Square

I love looking underneath bridges. The Pinjarra bridge, around 80km south of Perth was one of the first bridges in Western Australia. Originally all wood,  it has been renovated with some metal bearers. There is still a mysteriously dark square room at the far end! Perhaps a Troll or maybe a Billy Goat Gruff! I [...]

Rationed Recipes

From the Australian Women’s Weekly of Saturday, 27th Apr, 1946. 65 years ago. The war had ended less than a year before and rationing was still in operation. Here are three recipes from that time. Firstly a meat pie as a main course, to be served with tomato sauce, of course. A chocolate pudding for [...]

THAT! Wedding.

Sid and Sod

A Bit of Perth

St Georges Terrace is one of those streets which changes its name in mid-road for no apparent reason. To the East of Barrack Street it becomes Adelaide Terrace. So Adelaide Tce is one side of Stirling Gardens. Which has attracted a family of the all too common Bronze Kangaroo.

Vintage Adverts

Australian Women’s Weekly Saturday 24 July 1937

Hen House Blues

BBC Quiz of the Week

Yeehaaa. 12mm of precipitation! That is around half an inch. That was spread over two days and so we only need around 160 days more of the same to break the drought this year. How many days are left this year? This week I have found a problem with the quiz. Question 2. I picked [...]

Sky Watch Friday

I was asked recently why I photograph so many sunsets and how come I find so many colourful ones. The first question was easy to answer. Because every evening is different and unique. The second was harder to answer so in the end I answered that it is because I photograph so many. It is [...]

Pining

A Cut Above The Rest

British royalty has had it’s share of troubles, but one scandal is little known, as it was settled out of court, and hidden from the tabloids. What happened was, years ago, a man named Andrew Loynes was born into the sixth generation of the hereditary shepherds tending the Royal livestock. Unfortunately, when Andrew was young, [...]

Sid and Sod

A Bit of Perth

Alexander Forrest who died in 1901 aged just 51, was born in Bunbury, led exploration expeditions into the State’s North and was a Mayor of Perth for six years. So he gets a statue on the busiest corner in Perth!

Stonehenge by IKEA