tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18589019341417110522024-03-19T15:27:47.303+08:00 COLOURFULWORLD LIFE IN PERTH, AUSTRALIA, MURALS, TRAVEL, FURNITURE UP-CYCLING and CATSSamihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467163627586022816noreply@blogger.comBlogger1224125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858901934141711052.post-3398304289960282092024-03-18T00:01:00.004+08:002024-03-18T00:01:00.132+08:00Monday Mural - Swans and Giraffes in Maylands<p><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;">I love murals and street art. If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;">this meme is </span><span style="text-align: justify;">for you. J</span><span style="text-align: justify;">ust follow the </span><b style="text-align: justify;">Linky</b><span style="text-align: justify;"> st</span><span style="text-align: justify;">eps below. Once you start looking you will find murals everywhere. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">The "Monday Mural" meme goes live on Monday at 12,01AM, Perth,Western Australian time. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to your mural finds this week.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">Thanks Sami</span></span></p><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">A few more murals from Maylands:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">On the corner of Guildford Road and 8th Avenue is the <b>Rifo's Cafe</b>, where I found these Perth icons - the black swans </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; text-align: left;">(Cygnus atratus)</span> which are <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #040c28; text-align: left;">the official bird emblem of our state of Western Australia. Paint by <b>Ill Withers </b>in November 2022.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrn4oU_EVCGg1XQ4bo0W9URmYBv3KCiEVjBtNT050FT1m4CgaaAtRRvtzOUztR4WZR7yFc8Gy311LvWEe54H2gCDp_X2TSU6qSXkc66FkuL4EfXlHKcyBTalmm8Ruz-tZbqDqEGaVF_irsZ8NI_qNYAXT6jGx6RspRIzyRrM1qjN14TPiPIZEpHVyz/s320/20240203_150808.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: georgia; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrn4oU_EVCGg1XQ4bo0W9URmYBv3KCiEVjBtNT050FT1m4CgaaAtRRvtzOUztR4WZR7yFc8Gy311LvWEe54H2gCDp_X2TSU6qSXkc66FkuL4EfXlHKcyBTalmm8Ruz-tZbqDqEGaVF_irsZ8NI_qNYAXT6jGx6RspRIzyRrM1qjN14TPiPIZEpHVyz/w640-h480/20240203_150808.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTPMMcuqkATIYEO1L97hYioHzkwcH8p_LsRjrAa-4banb6stE36UbgkpfqUFIzX60HlEsk4zpyf3GD_4LmIW49rjoyknTlPxJm4Q06rCnwi5DHp0CX_Jt5lC9ABOXv1E6Nb4dWne9Gc5mKzjSF3Wh9JESiSGIOMTopOn7IDlkdyXbz3uae6WyCbzr/s320/20240203_150709.jpg" style="clear: left; 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text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgblxJqW0CM2Nde8AOSc950Y-bbSjmafLwgze87D2h8HKvPMDW6qPs9QaPCwYIjXUx0hULw7KNeLPAhdCHQB4stzLDKo81arO7Ct4izHMHTCXSumM4smsNyZ31x_3QTmTIZDUjaljqebC6IJV1jD9hjcSOfX2qz63Va4ZUsJwnu74GPD_pFoGhpeURi/w480-h640/20240203_150729.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The giraffes, painted by WA artist<b> Anya Brock</b>, can be found at 38 Eight Avenue.</span></p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTaCrj1dApZXofGL0N7J1UgSPNVuqr4jDT6BOQkBP_FREIvlkAQwT4KmtESkof-vyllbHYLxk7Zlkh2C9gKqXwSHbDDQTKJ93kbiqQiyz_mGfmyTg-GTN6kBgoJ5wX-ZcUBagjfwQCSFDjjBzsH29i9t68yZu2vVwyDmRzqalNquZSWNNP133nTDF/s320/20240203_150750.jpg" style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="203" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTaCrj1dApZXofGL0N7J1UgSPNVuqr4jDT6BOQkBP_FREIvlkAQwT4KmtESkof-vyllbHYLxk7Zlkh2C9gKqXwSHbDDQTKJ93kbiqQiyz_mGfmyTg-GTN6kBgoJ5wX-ZcUBagjfwQCSFDjjBzsH29i9t68yZu2vVwyDmRzqalNquZSWNNP133nTDF/w406-h640/20240203_150750.jpg" width="406" /></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxVUhah4kUgIkt2Wy8LxzM7YHXDJBXtieNQ5b01wt4vhTdXSRPQSBIKNWOzvE6dU_-EdmvmidXOFR9OtmoKmX6FKoWvTaMGXY1Z8NtVhRVPF-7EeTD4E3g6TfeqprYHkJN-ZU_6BtKh_8AFVstkfHOGI5I1naq4YtukBeIVYIVpAfC8WLDp-U4MimD/s320/20240203_150756.jpg" style="font-family: georgia; 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<!--end LinkyTools script-->Samihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467163627586022816noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858901934141711052.post-51631521124420420792024-03-11T00:01:00.001+08:002024-03-11T00:01:00.142+08:00Monday Murals - Mrs S at Maylands Cafe<p><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> <span style="color: #222222;"><span style="text-align: justify;">I love murals and street art. If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="text-align: justify;">this meme is </span><span style="text-align: justify;">for you. J</span><span style="text-align: justify;">ust follow the </span><b style="text-align: justify;">Linky</b><span style="text-align: justify;"> st</span><span style="text-align: justify;">eps below. Once you start looking you will find murals everywhere. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">The "Monday Mural" meme goes live on Monday at 12,01AM, Perth,Western Australian time. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to your mural finds this week.</span></span></span></p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">Thanks Sami</span></span><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;">On the corner of Eight Avenue and Wheatley Crescent in the suburb of <b>Maylands</b>, across from the train station is<b> Mrs S Cafe , </b>at<b> </b>178 Whatley Crescent, is</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;"> this lovely lady, who was p</span><span style="color: #222222;">ainted by Perth artist, </span><b style="color: #222222;">Daek William </b><span style="color: #222222;">in 2018.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It's a tribute to Mrs S Harpon, who had a tea shop and confectioners at the nearby 202 Whatley Crescent in 1925. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN1pr1KCDcq1zZG3N5R0tYMHd-E6OyFeeaoDh0j0jZz9BCawvpdhEB2bxe1fHwaIXBBjVP09xzlYLYncfbX9UiB0QyiBdrZYlKG18R3qo-vhQj6q-nEHi89S0ms5SP9ZqvU45qdYh_aHEgtR53CWhI5BUfL4cLszhbLwVfG0eFInWCJC8w0hPzoAoX/s320/20240203_152741.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN1pr1KCDcq1zZG3N5R0tYMHd-E6OyFeeaoDh0j0jZz9BCawvpdhEB2bxe1fHwaIXBBjVP09xzlYLYncfbX9UiB0QyiBdrZYlKG18R3qo-vhQj6q-nEHi89S0ms5SP9ZqvU45qdYh_aHEgtR53CWhI5BUfL4cLszhbLwVfG0eFInWCJC8w0hPzoAoX/w640-h640/20240203_152741.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia; text-align: center;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span class="w8qArf" style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">On Maylands main street, 203 Guildford Road - is the Salvos op-shop (thrift store) which is covered in hearts. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfeUGN1m5j2Dzl3Moer6V0ZO81R-UhA_a8nnonXSex72Rkm3Oy2c2AG0SrPav0K5TS8355GYNwruaBzqlDbsVn9VcsjyGbY0-QwgaWBw9M119rWvef1WX6OLS-36ZHSRlyRvPvAZR4iJOq4tbmZoN3eJRzjFgCt5sLYGmxngI8CeCRJp4JprThao17/s320/20240203_150622.jpg" style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="145" data-original-width="320" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfeUGN1m5j2Dzl3Moer6V0ZO81R-UhA_a8nnonXSex72Rkm3Oy2c2AG0SrPav0K5TS8355GYNwruaBzqlDbsVn9VcsjyGbY0-QwgaWBw9M119rWvef1WX6OLS-36ZHSRlyRvPvAZR4iJOq4tbmZoN3eJRzjFgCt5sLYGmxngI8CeCRJp4JprThao17/w640-h290/20240203_150622.jpg" width="640" /></a><br style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia; text-align: center;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Another one from the many murals seen in Maylands - no street or artist name.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQlxa8ijJW77QoSXTYdfQJxtZpJEVD22bEsWYqYCp3GHnzV9XJpj-zobtzlEpcOA6_Q678OfnwDYrOjQRYWW_iA39RCwgnkOpIFqrG5apX4J9vNHAlKJbjvDcxBOgzTB6QrCzJtGoCSzlmbIMo2O3L_KDuN6QawC07xjKt811zwhAl_x1QpNpXgRfv/s320/20240203_151059.jpg" style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="226" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQlxa8ijJW77QoSXTYdfQJxtZpJEVD22bEsWYqYCp3GHnzV9XJpj-zobtzlEpcOA6_Q678OfnwDYrOjQRYWW_iA39RCwgnkOpIFqrG5apX4J9vNHAlKJbjvDcxBOgzTB6QrCzJtGoCSzlmbIMo2O3L_KDuN6QawC07xjKt811zwhAl_x1QpNpXgRfv/w452-h640/20240203_151059.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And today 11th March is my Dad's 91st birthday! Last year I was able to go and celebrate his 90th with the family in Portugal, but I'm planning to celebrate my daughter's 40th on the 8th March 2025, somewhere in Europe, and hopefully my Dad's 92nd.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiHcHYGb_vkzx0G-aLGDlsfhYz_tsTtkPoeDKChRslXi3xotQrviDPOkMtTYIzicuUnYXTQEZ3Y67v9ByZJ_kSRrIRs01ycnuNZAQVcmP8w1xhpV_YV-1bwfUWObJxOwD6KFDD1fiYOPH23ehI6srO84-4QJX1KnV9Ly-iGDuXUubVFP603hldtG6q/s320/2024-03-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="320" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiHcHYGb_vkzx0G-aLGDlsfhYz_tsTtkPoeDKChRslXi3xotQrviDPOkMtTYIzicuUnYXTQEZ3Y67v9ByZJ_kSRrIRs01ycnuNZAQVcmP8w1xhpV_YV-1bwfUWObJxOwD6KFDD1fiYOPH23ehI6srO84-4QJX1KnV9Ly-iGDuXUubVFP603hldtG6q/w640-h448/2024-03-10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dad holding me, and Dad last year</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span></div></div>
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<!--end LinkyTools script-->Samihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467163627586022816noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858901934141711052.post-72703612577802445822024-03-06T22:24:00.008+08:002024-03-10T15:37:15.456+08:00Monthly Wrap-Up - February & Signs<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="background-color: #d9ead3;">For other signs from around the world <a href="https://backroadstraveller.blogspot.com/2024/03/signs2-vee-blades.html?sc=1709735294743" target="_blank">please visit Tom</a>.</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Thursday 1st</b> - had a scan of my right hand, as I had been feeling pain (especially at night interfering with sleep) and difficulty bending 2 of the fingers. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I thought I was getting arthritis, but my doctor suspected it was carpel tunnel. Scan was indicative of fluid around the joints due to repetitive work. I can't avoid all the typing I do at work, but I will had to scale back my time on the keyboard at home! The radiologist recommended a cortisone injection, the Doctor said it's not bad enough for that, but I wouldn't want it either at this stage. Right now I use ice-packs over my hand when I can.</span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Saturday 3rd</b> - we went to a kid's birthday party at the <b>Maylands Water Par</b>k, where I found the<a href="https://sami-colourfulworld.blogspot.com/2024/02/monday-murals-at-maylands-waterpark.html" target="_blank"> spider and dragon fly mural </a>and subsequently the other murals in Maylands on our return home.</span></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNSVZ2W_SCikt8OIGShoIi9l3BbZZdrJsAeNZpGqIL_sq-_0lLzfWkJQVETO6n_gNaou-cEP7oPkiYkrxWz5SuUJ9XAwISwMq0aNJaEnAvFCvf_rURWtj2nnYPB4yxFKZNVjTV79xipEvZ9acPLyJrQuxsyzN47eSFEMK4VAlPY1aWaNsZ1unQFHjS/s320/2024%20February.jpg" style="clear: left; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="320" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNSVZ2W_SCikt8OIGShoIi9l3BbZZdrJsAeNZpGqIL_sq-_0lLzfWkJQVETO6n_gNaou-cEP7oPkiYkrxWz5SuUJ9XAwISwMq0aNJaEnAvFCvf_rURWtj2nnYPB4yxFKZNVjTV79xipEvZ9acPLyJrQuxsyzN47eSFEMK4VAlPY1aWaNsZ1unQFHjS/w640-h384/2024%20February.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maylands Waterpark - part of the water fun park, some bugs painted on poles and the birthday cake</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Wednesday 7th </b><span>- Our fellow blogger</span><a href="http://irisflavia.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> Iris</a><span> and husband Ingo had arrived in Perth from Germany at the end of January. I arranged to meet up with them after my work, outside the Underground Perth Station, then we walked to Hay street, to </span><b>Espresso & Prosecco Cafe.</b></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhje-5HRyt3jsVxML2Md73gJ1UgTMlxmd_-lLuOmSIjjaja_CiRMni7DIsTnTdLlztcBTDPEA6zXQvTfNLa8MDzWnYuoMa5N0CZPPSSFszAHz84wHQi6KrJP1Roi2g_BHevDGBRoMTiyIU5g3HUDlCx7OLmWggAIxrm8Rk3AemlePiscMqyDEs_25f9/s320/2024%20February2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="320" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhje-5HRyt3jsVxML2Md73gJ1UgTMlxmd_-lLuOmSIjjaja_CiRMni7DIsTnTdLlztcBTDPEA6zXQvTfNLa8MDzWnYuoMa5N0CZPPSSFszAHz84wHQi6KrJP1Roi2g_BHevDGBRoMTiyIU5g3HUDlCx7OLmWggAIxrm8Rk3AemlePiscMqyDEs_25f9/w640-h384/2024%20February2.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9ncfMfuZo4MunR-nEaGJrEeWW8vKNObhqmKq_Rd7DToLfd3nwdqDnObrWa5gv4lbTrHe-wkSZGTmAW2s5qyesppJN9EDnF1rews68hHrdSAbQ1OLsEh8QrMPJzyCYF7kHBqeBRTsWF-NqnruyHir2jWnr8tvnowUYZy0kgOTzOUAwfMHM89wd61y/s320/20240207_162921.jpg" style="clear: left; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9ncfMfuZo4MunR-nEaGJrEeWW8vKNObhqmKq_Rd7DToLfd3nwdqDnObrWa5gv4lbTrHe-wkSZGTmAW2s5qyesppJN9EDnF1rews68hHrdSAbQ1OLsEh8QrMPJzyCYF7kHBqeBRTsWF-NqnruyHir2jWnr8tvnowUYZy0kgOTzOUAwfMHM89wd61y/w640-h480/20240207_162921.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the way to the station in Murray Street, in the city - Chinese lanterns</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; 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float: left; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="320" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvv_qM8W73_53ZPUel1TZYOD_9U5IbndG6T0nLHqI0E6qgWqcGgBZB0hmdkvJC2hWLW06izchQo-KJeIK1V-6I4EAam0FJ7FI6ZBrvuaSosjRBRnTDk4ews7fVqZFPwFV8yZLSZdFcESOh0b3lUfTzWY4QgXBEM6Lhek_V4WV2S1l-7vaHHNIKeImJ/w640-h384/2024%20February1.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Our City of Canning council organizes </span><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Mid-week Eats</b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> every Thursday during the month of February, at the sports grounds behind our local library. That </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">evening we invited </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">our neighbour and young son to come along to the - Asian Flavours week, because of Chinese New Year. </span></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL1vkAvWDyGTcMMqTakAKaA-j2bStgWF1H9VYlb4BTuM66fK60SzIJ3rcSuLLuK09NbL3gISFw-Rhy_UCK0_OiMCJmbRh2NUl2reO6gW-uRn-1tbApkKu4oWBSZpWrfMSScryXS8-thqPFQ89OmqYF4ex2GIx58APjKvdG3Y3nUyIFqxQ7HUF3v-uB/s320/2024%20February3.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="320" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL1vkAvWDyGTcMMqTakAKaA-j2bStgWF1H9VYlb4BTuM66fK60SzIJ3rcSuLLuK09NbL3gISFw-Rhy_UCK0_OiMCJmbRh2NUl2reO6gW-uRn-1tbApkKu4oWBSZpWrfMSScryXS8-thqPFQ89OmqYF4ex2GIx58APjKvdG3Y3nUyIFqxQ7HUF3v-uB/w640-h384/2024%20February3.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrlK6VUWc1mc_b08fJ4ltcuxzp1HXL_LZOcOXTfOVEuEwz1khSQF6Bv81L4iSDbQt_1JvP_aockSH_ddw49j439IMpwtPTQ9S3nseRpFe5U4w6PyKI4zDxiTPIOesgpluThYEhvUHkHrGTO-3VSLDewNoj-WBFMyeaipoCs4KTf0nQBeavAD0Cs6Bd/s320/2024%20February4.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="320" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrlK6VUWc1mc_b08fJ4ltcuxzp1HXL_LZOcOXTfOVEuEwz1khSQF6Bv81L4iSDbQt_1JvP_aockSH_ddw49j439IMpwtPTQ9S3nseRpFe5U4w6PyKI4zDxiTPIOesgpluThYEhvUHkHrGTO-3VSLDewNoj-WBFMyeaipoCs4KTf0nQBeavAD0Cs6Bd/w640-h384/2024%20February4.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizP4-zMCaJMg8Zn1M-z1vzmCEddfdRMbrF2xeNMmqBpMIaW8zRfoTamc3CymACRTxEaIhiH7dBsX4VjbDesLly81An6fV0sIZad3SeETIk97cK5wsjy4qiCtTCWPIgN2KtwTjf5GqLdZz2UIj4STO9dI-Z_khUaLNlMGlPbHLqAG1ug_rpvVKfzNew/s320/20240208_193730.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizP4-zMCaJMg8Zn1M-z1vzmCEddfdRMbrF2xeNMmqBpMIaW8zRfoTamc3CymACRTxEaIhiH7dBsX4VjbDesLly81An6fV0sIZad3SeETIk97cK5wsjy4qiCtTCWPIgN2KtwTjf5GqLdZz2UIj4STO9dI-Z_khUaLNlMGlPbHLqAG1ug_rpvVKfzNew/w480-h640/20240208_193730.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Lion ladies on stilts :) for Chinese Mid-Week Eats<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Saturday 10th</b><span> - Had to work this Saturday. I'm not a fan of working Saturdays, luckily one of my younger colleagues' does it all the time because of the higher pay rate, but she had an event on.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Thursday 15th </b><span>- Another terribly hot dat in Perth with a high of 43C. Luckily we don't usually get humidity, but it's still hot!!</span></span></p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC4Vs7OJ22qmhVNxQyaJOIWto-XvSsjW0Vfp-tafEqW9mYDn8mATc5EMD16DYsD2EnAMfpuqVEU1mGT5JcyALr5im9iQHYQF-Fccqc6pXjTF6TJ22F2KJ7axfb4a55YysP3EHdy9VbK7EhG69vCgYVkyqpE-3KuyIqeSsllIqJ_P0drzTH0f3jQvWm/s320/20240214_230035.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC4Vs7OJ22qmhVNxQyaJOIWto-XvSsjW0Vfp-tafEqW9mYDn8mATc5EMD16DYsD2EnAMfpuqVEU1mGT5JcyALr5im9iQHYQF-Fccqc6pXjTF6TJ22F2KJ7axfb4a55YysP3EHdy9VbK7EhG69vCgYVkyqpE-3KuyIqeSsllIqJ_P0drzTH0f3jQvWm/w480-h640/20240214_230035.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Friday 16th</b> - a visit to the dentist for a dental clean.... hate it, my teeth are so sensitive, and specially my back teeth...that I have trouble brushing my teeth for about a week or eating or drinking anything hot or cold.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: georgia;">Saturday 17th</b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> - I invited Iris and Ingo, Grace and husband P to come and have lunch at our place. It was again a very hot day at 38C so we had lunch indoors.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Iris brought me some goodies from Braunschweig</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> - </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">my favourite </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Mon Cherri chocolates, a few small bottles of the herbal liqueur <span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-weight: bold;">Jägermeister</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156;">, which is made in the neighbouring town of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156;">Wolfenbüttel, where both my kids were born. She brought me stamps for my collection, a book about murals in Braunschweig and she already been to the Perth Children's Hospital to collect the yearly Firefighters calendar and she bought one for me too :)</span></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-m24mdupUkHkq9VQQtFS-QInD-m3txJ9IsG8xQfX87IQiLpk35G1MqY1SpBSp-Y3AiVDoaob9VJpOZGusqL41_upMOrYmjBFaqHBzCvVNICdBgfy2fjGT7fq_BRyAhk2IREy9KwkhighRLf7VoJWWSMpOIl_LH4xPtWlBzIcyg-owrTFu-M5tcPE5/s320/2024-03-06.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="320" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-m24mdupUkHkq9VQQtFS-QInD-m3txJ9IsG8xQfX87IQiLpk35G1MqY1SpBSp-Y3AiVDoaob9VJpOZGusqL41_upMOrYmjBFaqHBzCvVNICdBgfy2fjGT7fq_BRyAhk2IREy9KwkhighRLf7VoJWWSMpOIl_LH4xPtWlBzIcyg-owrTFu-M5tcPE5/w640-h384/2024-03-06.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr7wAdToNhJrBd76jLmJFkU7zwFwp7sThdzarl169I0DhExPytWc089DVAVvN3er4FlyFIyyQPdQwGVv86KDdzU2jpt_jCuski-10n077JAviyUd0Dgx4bIJQ-1Xhhxm5GCS21GpW9ZeS9_tjs1GCMrkSi6Z9ASd4vNycchiHkmdk9PgR0lY9N8XUj/s320/20240217_123211.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr7wAdToNhJrBd76jLmJFkU7zwFwp7sThdzarl169I0DhExPytWc089DVAVvN3er4FlyFIyyQPdQwGVv86KDdzU2jpt_jCuski-10n077JAviyUd0Dgx4bIJQ-1Xhhxm5GCS21GpW9ZeS9_tjs1GCMrkSi6Z9ASd4vNycchiHkmdk9PgR0lY9N8XUj/w480-h640/20240217_123211.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A refreshing yogurt pudding and fresh fruit for dessert</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </b><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: georgia;">Sunday 18th and Monday 19th</b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> - again 43C , beating a record of 7 consecutive days with temps over 40! It's been the hottest summer in Perth since record keeping began over a century ago.</span></span></p><p><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">T</b><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: georgia;">hursday 22nd</b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> - The <b>Mid-Week Eats </b>had been cancelled the week before due to the high heat, but today we went and had fun with the 80's style band and nice choice of food. </span></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQBtxmoZe2E9HVujGEmBVJ5wGQKhh3sAOkH4c4PEOMWWmy2q57YheEjL2CgN4ErxetbxXRdAyiBDsbVDTYXcOyJcxFKcjBfZyKe4tNyO-EHjaZRNT6hYQAYHY18Opp-FMr2iFHF_FhcG9-7pjQhw16-9b_Ho_9sW9QQ2csrnDK0yfkUqiqdWVQqNxb/s320/2024%20February6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="256" data-original-width="320" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQBtxmoZe2E9HVujGEmBVJ5wGQKhh3sAOkH4c4PEOMWWmy2q57YheEjL2CgN4ErxetbxXRdAyiBDsbVDTYXcOyJcxFKcjBfZyKe4tNyO-EHjaZRNT6hYQAYHY18Opp-FMr2iFHF_FhcG9-7pjQhw16-9b_Ho_9sW9QQ2csrnDK0yfkUqiqdWVQqNxb/w640-h512/2024%20February6.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-Y7y0ktK3bMARx-Fnf2iqF6HF2mH1Bg4JsuG8StxEObUicd-wUlCTFgYxJ7DS-M2gRU4FeFBNxLrdV5D1Kf43gWPopDTY5GZGauuelRmzmhUlhcQxeBniQkRy6ej5ALd7uffRREM2ACF_cOw0AVuWM9PrU3RHXM2zloNXxmZz2ysUva9JWJibn10/s320/20240222_193402.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="249" data-original-width="320" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-Y7y0ktK3bMARx-Fnf2iqF6HF2mH1Bg4JsuG8StxEObUicd-wUlCTFgYxJ7DS-M2gRU4FeFBNxLrdV5D1Kf43gWPopDTY5GZGauuelRmzmhUlhcQxeBniQkRy6ej5ALd7uffRREM2ACF_cOw0AVuWM9PrU3RHXM2zloNXxmZz2ysUva9JWJibn10/w640-h498/20240222_193402.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No hot dogs for us, but the sign in the food van was cute</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: georgia;">Friday 23rd </b><span style="font-family: georgia;">- I picked up Iris at Bayswater train station at 10am and then drove to </span><b style="font-family: georgia;">Caversham Wildlife Park. </b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFQLcYKaK7osBIZOVCD_Yj8k8LN0Ly8NgDSRdoFv8XMYWb9WcejXXlipjvGD8QeOxuSYT_KEStXX8IVPPWvKJkxwx1En6SoNynaMDrSxCb8v7C9e4tzjZOiYoJHhhqfeZFJ1L-rdhQGNksbDxI0HVyfJtguUCXkCnxXwTkshW7weRFrvWErFry2R_F/s320/20240223_104458.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="239" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFQLcYKaK7osBIZOVCD_Yj8k8LN0Ly8NgDSRdoFv8XMYWb9WcejXXlipjvGD8QeOxuSYT_KEStXX8IVPPWvKJkxwx1En6SoNynaMDrSxCb8v7C9e4tzjZOiYoJHhhqfeZFJ1L-rdhQGNksbDxI0HVyfJtguUCXkCnxXwTkshW7weRFrvWErFry2R_F/w478-h640/20240223_104458.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We stood in lines to takes photos with the wombats, koalas and finally tried feeding the already full bellied kangaroos, who just wanted to hide from the heat.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfuYmS4Ee6JGazg-hQ-eYGgW62B2IIvDBQXluT20NaT3Y3Cg6WvuMr9F91YO9zVTIf-3Pt4oMr9Yow2bb6NfjILdtavEgZsLZ2fI5_bpG1fknlXK9TTpDCWniXz72R891quokAtg0-0_WeqteGhTq5FCGTSkadmL06Xa3HgiQMFMdDLBxqwQ338aWh/s320/2024%20February17.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="96" data-original-width="320" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfuYmS4Ee6JGazg-hQ-eYGgW62B2IIvDBQXluT20NaT3Y3Cg6WvuMr9F91YO9zVTIf-3Pt4oMr9Yow2bb6NfjILdtavEgZsLZ2fI5_bpG1fknlXK9TTpDCWniXz72R891quokAtg0-0_WeqteGhTq5FCGTSkadmL06Xa3HgiQMFMdDLBxqwQ338aWh/w640-h192/2024%20February17.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Barking owl, Kookaburra, Tawny Frogmouth owl, The Lesser Sooty owl, who wouldn't look at people</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="96" data-original-width="320" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzyqsA0TsUMaGzr4xZsocwxnDIpxs_IgNgfKgE-nnHJwQxBPXox2AzYY6ZIJUl0Nmj-Goc6vhbmbI_6I7CRa45Zf9wJh5IZmg4iIBcFUCsJp58B9wD3ynzKo1R4yjty5oIeo0uHncjI_AcAD-MfSz8AYetUvauHZ6Cxm8RXgCUtY7FOgvP1Xw1p1O0/w640-h192/2024%20February10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table>Right and middle kangaroos with joeyes and kangaroos eating on right<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9JRK0GJcWulSlILgP7mtg7YeYsr1_2Ed17GUj5EyweCau4Lry_SjufxrjUpecYEP7iDjfkbVMtJkmTuJLu8oF-IpR3GO0nix-mwesu3qgIIt3NAD7ZN-CAFphUXSuOB6kgW0zjHWSpssloVxG2boWg3xNK7dIHiWl8LLeknetF096hSt-3pQfdqYX/s320/20240223_122933.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9JRK0GJcWulSlILgP7mtg7YeYsr1_2Ed17GUj5EyweCau4Lry_SjufxrjUpecYEP7iDjfkbVMtJkmTuJLu8oF-IpR3GO0nix-mwesu3qgIIt3NAD7ZN-CAFphUXSuOB6kgW0zjHWSpssloVxG2boWg3xNK7dIHiWl8LLeknetF096hSt-3pQfdqYX/w480-h640/20240223_122933.jpg" width="480" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The Penguin feeding was very cute. The Little Penguins are the smallest species of penguins and are native to Australia and New Zealand. The fish was thrown into the pool, but the two youngest ones would only eat when fed by hand.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpnk0L_nLjtsqVyvVqkK8SRRLta7SK-9wmhGXp-JfJm32TVJw9RlJ3z5MWQFLSQmFVali0rJb1AmoceH2WZMeNqxi1knxwtncOdzV68m07IrgxLoKYmS-gOc7jeqsHapAyXrZkVxFNGt1FeioNLtACtwMpzTIMYX8wWIbpEACZtCtLx0kEaqnPw6wO/s320/20240223_120515.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpnk0L_nLjtsqVyvVqkK8SRRLta7SK-9wmhGXp-JfJm32TVJw9RlJ3z5MWQFLSQmFVali0rJb1AmoceH2WZMeNqxi1knxwtncOdzV68m07IrgxLoKYmS-gOc7jeqsHapAyXrZkVxFNGt1FeioNLtACtwMpzTIMYX8wWIbpEACZtCtLx0kEaqnPw6wO/w480-h640/20240223_120515.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Then it was the turn of the 2 pelicans to be fed a bucket of fish. They can be very picky apparently and wouldn't eat one of fish they were offered, they just wanted the smaller fish.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEici9UNHW2ZgUmHnoV6Xa0q1V1hkZxCAwxnvZmCUVRz7OVEC65Zdu448Vv5XqD2qtFmvTIWE1FYPq0rGJ-af1yHZi2VrrmVwjNLYyu-pSrmyOY1vCNJU6o3aibBLwOtgJ4TZaXxmaAxlDqroyO7XKBV-xlJXlVoxjT9bxHmFq91tmn4qcOTHA7RzufY/s320/20240223_121030.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEici9UNHW2ZgUmHnoV6Xa0q1V1hkZxCAwxnvZmCUVRz7OVEC65Zdu448Vv5XqD2qtFmvTIWE1FYPq0rGJ-af1yHZi2VrrmVwjNLYyu-pSrmyOY1vCNJU6o3aibBLwOtgJ4TZaXxmaAxlDqroyO7XKBV-xlJXlVoxjT9bxHmFq91tmn4qcOTHA7RzufY/w480-h640/20240223_121030.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQMjugp4Zf7_RQ1BA_wUBMXDXBe2hwqQt1aDWwUlBaKS4TF0CE1xUMjBOiATimiShPxkceaP4w8yE1HhQDBVKpjNMNGZGaAjqcdkfC-ky0FEBvV1IpYNTNy4419kG-xM_AXUO1MCIwbU3HOr8cK5c7lk8J_WtyXcRqn7dn_qOUwIzbPRaOv_RNTegy/s320/20240223_121431.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQMjugp4Zf7_RQ1BA_wUBMXDXBe2hwqQt1aDWwUlBaKS4TF0CE1xUMjBOiATimiShPxkceaP4w8yE1HhQDBVKpjNMNGZGaAjqcdkfC-ky0FEBvV1IpYNTNy4419kG-xM_AXUO1MCIwbU3HOr8cK5c7lk8J_WtyXcRqn7dn_qOUwIzbPRaOv_RNTegy/w480-h640/20240223_121431.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A couple of black swans in the nearby pond</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiywCXq3CrNim38fcKW0uY5kJKLISW3jgqLc7I36l_9dMG94XslLDkJYvnGOJyQWki2y8SICoNIM7aGxlwXX5eDG-AnP8gcOpZLJk7eYD6xsDnQY-7tOgxjrqm5weBBPXBR__cFZTLuaH7OMy2P4XvMZWgjNatmNG72vYvAWNmNO1vMA7ehu26SPTDx/s320/2024%20February11.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="320" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiywCXq3CrNim38fcKW0uY5kJKLISW3jgqLc7I36l_9dMG94XslLDkJYvnGOJyQWki2y8SICoNIM7aGxlwXX5eDG-AnP8gcOpZLJk7eYD6xsDnQY-7tOgxjrqm5weBBPXBR__cFZTLuaH7OMy2P4XvMZWgjNatmNG72vYvAWNmNO1vMA7ehu26SPTDx/w640-h448/2024%20February11.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bathroom signs at Caversham Wildlife park<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">When I picked up Iris at the train station, I knew she had been bitten on a foot, but I noticed her foot was swollen, her leg was red up to the middle of the leg, she had band aids covering the bites that had pus. She needed to see a Doctor, so after a light lunch at the wildlife park I drove her to Caversham Village Medical Centre and the receptionist was kind enough to fit Iris in once she saw the state of her leg.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The Doctor gave her a script for antibiotics and a couple more things, which we filled up at the chemist around the corner.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Then we drove about 30 minutes to <b>Subiaco</b>, an inner-city suburb so I could show Iris, the only "wooden giant" closest to us. The other 5 giants are in Mandurah, about 70km south. Done by Danish artist <b>Thomas Dambo</b>, they have been a great attraction in Perth. On the way to drop Iris at the Subiaco station I showed her a couple of murals too.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi04YsMpYkbxnnJO_4sSwskbhslwl_xu6BSf4x3Mx5jMzklCQFha8LKmn4mEmmDQtn-d7dt-oyrOFKnW7843iLOklwBY-UUN1V0lqUwSJO9BNUr6TODjWS4eY2qnqBkM9tbeBQANlEuWWi556ms-FvfSA6P8tbbWss8ze7X-EWN-HLv7Lv2qr-vM_ih/s320/20240223_151004.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="320" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi04YsMpYkbxnnJO_4sSwskbhslwl_xu6BSf4x3Mx5jMzklCQFha8LKmn4mEmmDQtn-d7dt-oyrOFKnW7843iLOklwBY-UUN1V0lqUwSJO9BNUr6TODjWS4eY2qnqBkM9tbeBQANlEuWWi556ms-FvfSA6P8tbbWss8ze7X-EWN-HLv7Lv2qr-vM_ih/w640-h380/20240223_151004.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Saturday 24th</b> - at 7,30am I was at my friend Maria's house, joining 5 others to start with the preparation for<b> Passata day. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Maria had ordered 130kgs of tomatoes, so 2 of us started by cutting up the already washed tomatoes, taking them to 2 others on duty at the Fabio press machines, where the discarded peels would then be put through 3 times. Another 2 people would then fill up the already sterilized bottles with a funnel. When ready they were put into the gigantic pots set up in the carport, to boil for 45 minutes. After boiled, the bottles were left in the water until cooling. We got about 23 bottles each, although of course it took us 5 hours of work.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbIsTDpdfugvWW1gMCdAa0Krjx7eWaon2tc9vNMfv9B55uRzBFHSAIdENMuTsqYqyM5IQSLvbhMXIGG2G3cTYsoda9ys4OnwYOwifqKyxKc1UypGw7JvWQf9Miic1-n7XGAd-w7Vy8HfioHPOlEbXVn26tjj93c8rli1tdagJPQ2pmoR8pSIn8sGo_/s320/2024%20February12.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="320" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbIsTDpdfugvWW1gMCdAa0Krjx7eWaon2tc9vNMfv9B55uRzBFHSAIdENMuTsqYqyM5IQSLvbhMXIGG2G3cTYsoda9ys4OnwYOwifqKyxKc1UypGw7JvWQf9Miic1-n7XGAd-w7Vy8HfioHPOlEbXVn26tjj93c8rli1tdagJPQ2pmoR8pSIn8sGo_/w640-h448/2024%20February12.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">At 4,30 Jose and I drove <b>South Fremantle Football Club</b> in Fremantle for the </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Carnival dinner organized by the <b>WA Portuguese Women's Association</b>. Dinner served by Benny's restaurant was delicious, the Brazilian band was fun, even though the singer wasn't the best, but he had charisma and got people to dance and sing along. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Jose had been invited to be the Portuguese Master of Ceremonies, and we another a young Portuguese lady who is a journalist who spoke in English.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We committee had been asked to wear a pink wig and I bought a long curly wig for fun.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We always have a few door prizes given by sponsors, and I won a $100 voucher for a hotel in Fremantle. Might be enough for a meal at their restaurant for both of us.</span></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI8W8TmEPH4nakhrfmtzs1JjJ5md4rpsqxKH7V3zaSedQa_CMc5Mee4rxuXa9FsxdQMOhyTc7g5FTKYJzjO9Ue_Sq_z3xhS6yNR0NLs6nqYLsWLrYHQ8M6_mmw3NiQ6nm-oxfHS2T7BS75nfFBlIQlomd8WJrnPRIQvkc_qhvO1qr2Upf0sBR-B_wF/s320/2024%20February13.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="320" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI8W8TmEPH4nakhrfmtzs1JjJ5md4rpsqxKH7V3zaSedQa_CMc5Mee4rxuXa9FsxdQMOhyTc7g5FTKYJzjO9Ue_Sq_z3xhS6yNR0NLs6nqYLsWLrYHQ8M6_mmw3NiQ6nm-oxfHS2T7BS75nfFBlIQlomd8WJrnPRIQvkc_qhvO1qr2Upf0sBR-B_wF/w640-h448/2024%20February13.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLhWA3OwOsDM7qrMXAjVfX4ThErbUQUJtn6gGhEvg3P5V4YVFbOIDu1lLlSveCIzd72HUuYqUwQ3iUaXGPTzDdowa4wsRx_eSKQXPYV2e4xtm8ylofQ1BgXe-Yt49K60aS-6heHbJVJXkp88d6MYNRveF75FcXM-VtFNhaXgAW66SAMvybXEH2XgyP/s320/2024%20February14.jpg" style="clear: left; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="96" data-original-width="320" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLhWA3OwOsDM7qrMXAjVfX4ThErbUQUJtn6gGhEvg3P5V4YVFbOIDu1lLlSveCIzd72HUuYqUwQ3iUaXGPTzDdowa4wsRx_eSKQXPYV2e4xtm8ylofQ1BgXe-Yt49K60aS-6heHbJVJXkp88d6MYNRveF75FcXM-VtFNhaXgAW66SAMvybXEH2XgyP/w640-h192/2024%20February14.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dinner at the Carnival gala</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0UrkK3_I8klRReyPYdXPCjw6x-D1fdNiqcvTOPct9YkP8UlXZLdRupLIw2gdoRSd1tn5OTPI6Zoj6iP3hfocSpbInGIksIdG_EZ2ehnbV40EbtR392mzqBVtX7K53-qPESOUBpxCrPgUR8y00S8zbfLdQAdPXDcJZLF2SatgLNLrQANEAeLBISg7M/s320/20240224_211837.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="288" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0UrkK3_I8klRReyPYdXPCjw6x-D1fdNiqcvTOPct9YkP8UlXZLdRupLIw2gdoRSd1tn5OTPI6Zoj6iP3hfocSpbInGIksIdG_EZ2ehnbV40EbtR392mzqBVtX7K53-qPESOUBpxCrPgUR8y00S8zbfLdQAdPXDcJZLF2SatgLNLrQANEAeLBISg7M/w576-h640/20240224_211837.jpg" width="576" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cutting the cake to celebrate the Association's 4th anniversary</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx0Zq4qXyC0TQA1swlZ5z6guq4alXt-xYYVV85v6h1_iiedAk2lXgmqCHuJrIWNJRfcH8U-5KNF_T2rM5uhlZQgKvGBUgPCZyIRcyd-GgzEKvQHLegGDIN1ul4IhiLEIHD-YTc_MTuwDANETAjrIrDDZR6UhU6p7VQmRwC1YRffdPn56D2ZWuNLYF5/s320/20240224_205246.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="205" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx0Zq4qXyC0TQA1swlZ5z6guq4alXt-xYYVV85v6h1_iiedAk2lXgmqCHuJrIWNJRfcH8U-5KNF_T2rM5uhlZQgKvGBUgPCZyIRcyd-GgzEKvQHLegGDIN1ul4IhiLEIHD-YTc_MTuwDANETAjrIrDDZR6UhU6p7VQmRwC1YRffdPn56D2ZWuNLYF5/w410-h640/20240224_205246.jpg" width="410" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jose and I</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Sunday 25th</b><span> - We had been invited to a lunch at </span><b>Rimondo's on the River</b><span> </span><b>Restaurant</b><span> in the posh suburb of Dalkeith, by a Portuguese friend who organized with the Portuguese chef to serve a goat stew for lunch. I don't eat goat meat, so I chose a seafood risotto from the menu</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">.</span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK6lZrzBE4lT3-Gy1v_vsEJ4gNT7lzQgsNRNhwBzVr8ZztfeoQJcPUqfzqVWLcGBHXkw_zs9I2tnlIAhTBeFFcMjtHJaF1Z0WP4__mgrTmc4AMhP4yenXVHp1H6xH49xnVRrH8skesOhxY0Ix6v_0bvlqnmjcrtLfz573ybhs9ZyVLYDioC9IWpybt/s320/2024%20February15.jpg" style="clear: left; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="96" data-original-width="320" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK6lZrzBE4lT3-Gy1v_vsEJ4gNT7lzQgsNRNhwBzVr8ZztfeoQJcPUqfzqVWLcGBHXkw_zs9I2tnlIAhTBeFFcMjtHJaF1Z0WP4__mgrTmc4AMhP4yenXVHp1H6xH49xnVRrH8skesOhxY0Ix6v_0bvlqnmjcrtLfz573ybhs9ZyVLYDioC9IWpybt/w640-h192/2024%20February15.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goat stew, Seafood risotto and the complimentary Portuguese tarts<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkezxUR4iGe8_EYI9qT2mUm9F4uuKdZoswOaNP5hHlfe-TulsQaG8MQ6tTkKS3fifV1CxVSB9VIokOL21eIKnulrAIDjfdv6pnfrsZfDQVlWendx5-Y4r16OnMRJu0MKAsRLhlGTINsuYnBqq7kq7ksGCb-gzlYccGEUBWtfYQdrilAt-lPf39_XOa/s320/20240225_142259.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkezxUR4iGe8_EYI9qT2mUm9F4uuKdZoswOaNP5hHlfe-TulsQaG8MQ6tTkKS3fifV1CxVSB9VIokOL21eIKnulrAIDjfdv6pnfrsZfDQVlWendx5-Y4r16OnMRJu0MKAsRLhlGTINsuYnBqq7kq7ksGCb-gzlYccGEUBWtfYQdrilAt-lPf39_XOa/w640-h480/20240225_142259.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was a very gray day, but you can still see the marina outside the restaurant</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Thursday 29th </b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">- we again went to <b>Mid-week Eats</b> when Jose arrived from work. The family band played jazz style music. We had a curry from the South African food van.</span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIJMNxtrgBzKalZ8RoAgaiu35yjYOxmDBmNGwgdRdEws2BX3B_IgiTk6SkhN_3m9cTNwbLblMmvBQ9jX4ntEC_I16QcZ1Sepq0X0KR56cr_SeI0rZxtyzdN6wRWbgGOaGRzQGDgBjjJ8s2lnHHf0oy3WzRMpj7vd8vgt0am8QAeHqiAi14beFKgRq3/s320/2024%20February18.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="96" data-original-width="320" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIJMNxtrgBzKalZ8RoAgaiu35yjYOxmDBmNGwgdRdEws2BX3B_IgiTk6SkhN_3m9cTNwbLblMmvBQ9jX4ntEC_I16QcZ1Sepq0X0KR56cr_SeI0rZxtyzdN6wRWbgGOaGRzQGDgBjjJ8s2lnHHf0oy3WzRMpj7vd8vgt0am8QAeHqiAi14beFKgRq3/w640-h192/2024%20February18.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big Five Food Van - Samoosas for me and Lamb curry for Jose</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">A beautiful sunset seen from my backyard</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuKYv3HQkQtIE3lzH8u7l5IY6J42Ar6MrdDWy_r38R3pmP5psyPkChzfAAR_rpcW8I3EBwh6q3zejL2LydH2-ymqKMr-ZoXeW2oCHBCLMmzrUO31WcyBqQINiY4M2WlgvoErAzLpuXk9OEK8sBhPFoG8YGdTZi9QHku1wMxxZuXDt8fJPNkIt9md5w/s320/20240203_192033.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuKYv3HQkQtIE3lzH8u7l5IY6J42Ar6MrdDWy_r38R3pmP5psyPkChzfAAR_rpcW8I3EBwh6q3zejL2LydH2-ymqKMr-ZoXeW2oCHBCLMmzrUO31WcyBqQINiY4M2WlgvoErAzLpuXk9OEK8sBhPFoG8YGdTZi9QHku1wMxxZuXDt8fJPNkIt9md5w/w640-h480/20240203_192033.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We finished eating the last of our mangoes. This year the tree produced about 35 delicious and so, so fragrant...</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZNsEJdRX_oGq58f_Tyl9qRiLjtOq2Q147oLeUwWpP4EIVufsoUVHZ46aZB7a2eoiSXFkNrgKUjaVJKCSXzVcoysnjR6HmveOmRbE55yRnecurktE9Z94S4cO4MrQ3swvgZhfgzRF_Jn8ifeV9ParpbTxgCCo1GqHAl8TcaqR_4YJRLb6v-trkaXle/s320/20240206_164256.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZNsEJdRX_oGq58f_Tyl9qRiLjtOq2Q147oLeUwWpP4EIVufsoUVHZ46aZB7a2eoiSXFkNrgKUjaVJKCSXzVcoysnjR6HmveOmRbE55yRnecurktE9Z94S4cO4MrQ3swvgZhfgzRF_Jn8ifeV9ParpbTxgCCo1GqHAl8TcaqR_4YJRLb6v-trkaXle/w480-h640/20240206_164256.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Some of the birds that come to my front garden to eat</span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTs1tTXbg4nqHHUlF7uZGesy7hTNaFGEgoY8BvNSTaWbebhz7wnN-P2Dj28lFjxJCE0DYiETY8F3krOjgf5ffCmOLgzpYhehh9DRzXoec2Y6-oUWJJEsR1bLVapD-cNLeDIHxD-_P_6KZGDB3o2B6_8x5PBrX47Lxeit6JW6QuBLUF8E5gzVZ1K2Fx/s320/2024%20February7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="256" data-original-width="320" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTs1tTXbg4nqHHUlF7uZGesy7hTNaFGEgoY8BvNSTaWbebhz7wnN-P2Dj28lFjxJCE0DYiETY8F3krOjgf5ffCmOLgzpYhehh9DRzXoec2Y6-oUWJJEsR1bLVapD-cNLeDIHxD-_P_6KZGDB3o2B6_8x5PBrX47Lxeit6JW6QuBLUF8E5gzVZ1K2Fx/w640-h512/2024%20February7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White cockatoos, my cute magpies, pink galah, and 2 gallahs pulling rank on the crested doves :)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Some of the number plates seen this month:</span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNpO_sOZ7FdQpcjAnLahvr8oSI6hir2gmly3hE8fdX3mMJP1r0uc7cy_c5v5Jx6q5VJC0MBDY_DBeBqlkKukBBeKyqD-7hmLuvT5tbmMMm7kD5jus7gKyypq-Grwgt87Yfdxo0KwCiCPtdzclFiw-DBO_LYzm-Hnn_hiEuMqbLROgh7T58huZDHK5_/s320/2024-03-061.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="320" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNpO_sOZ7FdQpcjAnLahvr8oSI6hir2gmly3hE8fdX3mMJP1r0uc7cy_c5v5Jx6q5VJC0MBDY_DBeBqlkKukBBeKyqD-7hmLuvT5tbmMMm7kD5jus7gKyypq-Grwgt87Yfdxo0KwCiCPtdzclFiw-DBO_LYzm-Hnn_hiEuMqbLROgh7T58huZDHK5_/w640-h384/2024-03-061.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hard style, Signore 1, Love coach, Never fold</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Samihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467163627586022816noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858901934141711052.post-2758958966817400792024-03-04T00:01:00.002+08:002024-03-04T00:01:00.242+08:00Monday Murals - Maylands Modern Geometric<p><span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;">I love murals and street art. If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;">this meme is </span><span style="text-align: justify;">for you. J</span><span style="text-align: justify;">ust follow the </span><b style="text-align: justify;">Linky</b><span style="text-align: justify;"> st</span><span style="text-align: justify;">eps below. Once you start looking you will find murals everywhere. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">The "Monday Mural" meme goes live on Monday at 12,01AM, Perth,Western Australian time. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to your mural finds this week.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">Thanks Sami</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">On our way back home from the birthday party <a href="https://sami-colourfulworld.blogspot.com/2024/02/monday-murals-at-maylands-waterpark.html" target="_blank">I mentioned last week</a>, via a different route we drove past <b>Guildford Road</b>, the main road in the northern suburb of <b>Maylands</b>, and discovered a few murals.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">Jose parked somewhere while I searched around the lanes. At one stage I was taking a photo and the ladies walking by told me there were more murals in the street behind, so off I went...</span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">I must have seen about 18 murals, so it was a very productive mural day. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">I was lucky as it's not a suburb I would usually visit, I hadn't been to Maylands in many, many years.</span></span></p><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This one was painted by Perth artist, <b>Kyle Hughes-Odgers</b>, in November 2023.</span></div></div><br style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUAGQ3weeLPdx6nDlprfYBLOchhVozuZooqXShXH4lfL1ppkTrA0zyMjLhVmxFahoCC6KaUOY1HB5uqmt3W5Jr0dR91IqUffP4QuDmH4Fy-fm8J_Z2O_C_ECKhFV8sjCJ4_WCqkUlMO5lJ8WR3S95XDtMFxj-rCOKk6lTE-VnUDKhnbLttIMlmLk1/s320/20240203_152541.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="320" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUAGQ3weeLPdx6nDlprfYBLOchhVozuZooqXShXH4lfL1ppkTrA0zyMjLhVmxFahoCC6KaUOY1HB5uqmt3W5Jr0dR91IqUffP4QuDmH4Fy-fm8J_Z2O_C_ECKhFV8sjCJ4_WCqkUlMO5lJ8WR3S95XDtMFxj-rCOKk6lTE-VnUDKhnbLttIMlmLk1/w640-h300/20240203_152541.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Oiz9q9Hz02nxEHSqcwO6nIUF6SfANtICIBCAMn5QvYp3aNoJ74awFhSlARuwBGaup5hcajIsv1CXzyjKJ8VuiDu9x2k5V4fj5hSvcrk8GHsVB1U-VrHfgGIQBo_1S_y_3nLe_i75c9T7W_hKvp4UUD_QsEq9rx3Jdoj5Yy0sBTc1CW9R4lBT8TA_/s320/20240203_152610.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="320" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Oiz9q9Hz02nxEHSqcwO6nIUF6SfANtICIBCAMn5QvYp3aNoJ74awFhSlARuwBGaup5hcajIsv1CXzyjKJ8VuiDu9x2k5V4fj5hSvcrk8GHsVB1U-VrHfgGIQBo_1S_y_3nLe_i75c9T7W_hKvp4UUD_QsEq9rx3Jdoj5Yy0sBTc1CW9R4lBT8TA_/w640-h550/20240203_152610.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJg2AwMvl0ivRcv7FJLP5yg99Z4dPwr-m0qa5moQDyXlSghn1EZJqSgyFAekW_HD6UcNijBtHzfWBgkaleorJzrAr24i1pxL9vvL8DcZ1PtnWfu5zx0jtJ980yv46PH45qacLnO-9IyrXCe7EhxanlC-rwfgWpj72MoS5jpwTQrR4yOnZHMB9WHmKf/s320/20240203_152603.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="256" data-original-width="320" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJg2AwMvl0ivRcv7FJLP5yg99Z4dPwr-m0qa5moQDyXlSghn1EZJqSgyFAekW_HD6UcNijBtHzfWBgkaleorJzrAr24i1pxL9vvL8DcZ1PtnWfu5zx0jtJ980yv46PH45qacLnO-9IyrXCe7EhxanlC-rwfgWpj72MoS5jpwTQrR4yOnZHMB9WHmKf/w640-h512/20240203_152603.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><br style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span></div>
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<!-- end LinkyTools script -->Samihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467163627586022816noreply@blogger.com49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858901934141711052.post-33276884723401485172024-02-26T00:01:00.008+08:002024-03-03T23:04:33.325+08:00Monday Murals - At the Maylands Waterpark<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;">I love murals and street art. If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;">this meme is </span><span style="text-align: justify;">for you. J</span><span style="text-align: justify;">ust follow the </span><b style="text-align: justify;">Linky</b><span style="text-align: justify;"> st</span><span style="text-align: justify;">eps below. Once you start looking you will find murals everywhere. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">The "Monday Mural" meme goes live on Monday at 12,01AM, Perth,Western Australian time. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to your mural finds this week.<br /></span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">Thanks Sami</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">At the beginning of this month, we were invited to a kid's birthday party held at the <b>Maylands Waterland</b>, a wonderful public water park in the riverside suburb of Maylands.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">As we were leaving through a different gate from the one we came in, I noticed a mural and of course had to take photos.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Sadly I couldn't find who the artist was.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfXtxhjFhHQARb9XZebGllX9YdC9L6qd2OMxRGs_OAiNaAG6cggWHs6il93YZr_PLqlddG7jKmnOzknHNLr_h6I8ZImQ-xqqWd_1B_dv4aIh_zllujytm35raVG1zDWxePZHeRp_HX41JoaR2XDJWDBK80ij5Y8Yg878mxspy26QQOVunf7s6YolH1/s320/20240203_144946.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="238" data-original-width="320" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfXtxhjFhHQARb9XZebGllX9YdC9L6qd2OMxRGs_OAiNaAG6cggWHs6il93YZr_PLqlddG7jKmnOzknHNLr_h6I8ZImQ-xqqWd_1B_dv4aIh_zllujytm35raVG1zDWxePZHeRp_HX41JoaR2XDJWDBK80ij5Y8Yg878mxspy26QQOVunf7s6YolH1/w640-h476/20240203_144946.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwAb8ExsRxXV1vYfUxwlM5l6MD-o3alPkeHPB0Ts3wRR76qifPcHCG3KarILC9gWUSiHSf7naoLnVWYZs0vfCQ1N0HkM4u7lK3rYCEaZ_jtPWsmEHaMNORO_0fxzoas2EoEc-xUeGXGSncLP0te1p3qJBzmWqCoaipOovLFn39XS41NC5R4eFNNIZI/s320/20240203_144954.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwAb8ExsRxXV1vYfUxwlM5l6MD-o3alPkeHPB0Ts3wRR76qifPcHCG3KarILC9gWUSiHSf7naoLnVWYZs0vfCQ1N0HkM4u7lK3rYCEaZ_jtPWsmEHaMNORO_0fxzoas2EoEc-xUeGXGSncLP0te1p3qJBzmWqCoaipOovLFn39XS41NC5R4eFNNIZI/w480-h640/20240203_144954.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtzFCRiA3b0jJgkaXgPESbWN8KzL4Ghte0pn0qQo9PSxd4HtUiR6xK7Q0zY4_0ey8VRX8d2DLhpuWIyC_u8xzUfUnyo6Hn5B0WiawoIP_wrGVuyRTXXorHS3rADb6y4k74d92hCwKswF9f5-6a7YP_aJ_vnedJsFvIjrzxlBnIH0FClIgJbzgY47x/s320/20240203_145000.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtzFCRiA3b0jJgkaXgPESbWN8KzL4Ghte0pn0qQo9PSxd4HtUiR6xK7Q0zY4_0ey8VRX8d2DLhpuWIyC_u8xzUfUnyo6Hn5B0WiawoIP_wrGVuyRTXXorHS3rADb6y4k74d92hCwKswF9f5-6a7YP_aJ_vnedJsFvIjrzxlBnIH0FClIgJbzgY47x/w480-h640/20240203_145000.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></div><p></p></div>
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<!--end LinkyTools script-->Samihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467163627586022816noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858901934141711052.post-77243747504826296742024-02-21T20:34:00.004+08:002024-02-21T20:52:27.890+08:00January Wrap-up and Signs<p><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">For other signs from around the world <a href="http://backroadstraveller.blogspot.com/2024/02/signs2-bits-and-pieces.html" target="_blank">please check Tom's signs</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Monday 1st</b> - We returned home from our camping trip to <a href="https://sami-colourfulworld.blogspot.com/2024/01/december-wrap-up-and-signs-part-2.html" target="_blank">Serpentine Falls,</a> drove via Byford to check the </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://sami-colourfulworld.blogspot.com/2024/02/byford-sculpture-trail-signs.html" target="_blank">Sculpture trail</a><span>.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR_GBdw95wK1PCeyA9HulUIFKOg5fBUHRGq5_Bj11hwSNK8ROVI8NLiTOiv0oK_KQAk9gjA9wQRgcGlapNMZ3esfHbihtnpjIDD2d9ppdj-Pj0BGT1-KTrYiBEHYhJBHY_LF912JPJexzOZcgcedV0JD7lHkrrwLOB-HddaedooM0KQRVA4EktRhyphenhyphenn/s4624/20240101_103959.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR_GBdw95wK1PCeyA9HulUIFKOg5fBUHRGq5_Bj11hwSNK8ROVI8NLiTOiv0oK_KQAk9gjA9wQRgcGlapNMZ3esfHbihtnpjIDD2d9ppdj-Pj0BGT1-KTrYiBEHYhJBHY_LF912JPJexzOZcgcedV0JD7lHkrrwLOB-HddaedooM0KQRVA4EktRhyphenhyphenn/w480-h640/20240101_103959.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Thursday 11th </b>- on a </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">38C (104F) </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">we celebrated our 17th anniversary of our arrival in Perth with dinner at our favourite Japanese restaurant - Yuki.</span></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN8jZ9i0k2zct7JyaGoo5aLAdw6h22rkIKgpiC1AJzloFjyOsYya4NkRzkmPVL2jyL7ov6HuHRJRx7OIHetuONxW3HnbV6SNAb8iws77_HfYJrZVbq5XkOg38WxOvOofzLHmhxwrsHUvoIk3Hml4f-9uczPbPYw5gnqands4bLQZ9U1GGRbXaSpnqG/s5120/2024%20January.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="5120" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN8jZ9i0k2zct7JyaGoo5aLAdw6h22rkIKgpiC1AJzloFjyOsYya4NkRzkmPVL2jyL7ov6HuHRJRx7OIHetuONxW3HnbV6SNAb8iws77_HfYJrZVbq5XkOg38WxOvOofzLHmhxwrsHUvoIk3Hml4f-9uczPbPYw5gnqands4bLQZ9U1GGRbXaSpnqG/w640-h384/2024%20January.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Saturday 13th </b>- we had lunch at the house of friends in Hillary's. It was a very hot 41C (105.8F), so we waited for the the late afternoon and walked to the nearby dog beach with their very well-behaved dog. It was so much fun to watch all the dogs either interacting or otherwise doing their own thing - swimming, playing with balls or sticks...</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyuOy6RptfYHvGfABi1ozCnUCisLy1kvOl_tMhGGFuv1Usnh8GlI5I98huR9jgT8sthT5zskpKP00DbJH0gQytW8doZZkqLitvMvNf_GZ-gHre3NV2YSPHg6vF1cX6C42QmIFX8CYcPC1reRfsZeB39P5N-m1b-cmObGp_PCKrQvvIF79J4hi7ZbNq/s480/2024%20January6.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="480" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyuOy6RptfYHvGfABi1ozCnUCisLy1kvOl_tMhGGFuv1Usnh8GlI5I98huR9jgT8sthT5zskpKP00DbJH0gQytW8doZZkqLitvMvNf_GZ-gHre3NV2YSPHg6vF1cX6C42QmIFX8CYcPC1reRfsZeB39P5N-m1b-cmObGp_PCKrQvvIF79J4hi7ZbNq/w640-h448/2024%20January6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Saturday 20th </b>- A group of Portuguese people organized a simple dinner and show at the <b>Fremantle Park Club</b> to try and bring more cultural events to the Portuguese community. The was a small plate of Pasta Carbonara included in the $25 entry price, but you could buy more food. We listened to </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Portuguese singer Catarina Viegas. A very good singer, who sings both in Portuguese and English.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA9SacXGEXTBi07etw0imPfLriJxS9h2Qb7sOUbu62QUJKHJdpKz10QEgZTChE3ZYtMwI7XMpzU4CUjhqReRwUbDCGU1Y7rD5ydih-WU7t6T71-baz4m005bttF-0OpyhG61nOPkQZC9arRRaHzSnbY10m7GbhJA58A25dyZqNmUbs3CGlvvunvHTd/s480/2024%20January8.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="480" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA9SacXGEXTBi07etw0imPfLriJxS9h2Qb7sOUbu62QUJKHJdpKz10QEgZTChE3ZYtMwI7XMpzU4CUjhqReRwUbDCGU1Y7rD5ydih-WU7t6T71-baz4m005bttF-0OpyhG61nOPkQZC9arRRaHzSnbY10m7GbhJA58A25dyZqNmUbs3CGlvvunvHTd/w640-h448/2024%20January8.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Sunday 21st - Met up with Rita, a friend visiting from the Gold Coast at <b>Gage Roads Brewery </b>in Fremantle. The brewery was celebrating their 2nd anniversary that weekend. After sunset we watched a group of drummers and dancers parading by the riverside.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIuZi_D1otael0rlKevrRtdmvj-K8_d4BHZBsVVW7KJ0h4373Hi6J_AMBIj6whuKxov62o8vUYd8nimMj85LhQuMOpkM6WySAALsMJNe74L7DKPzxc2ET5k699cLpbSRHne9rT_vumq0oOT8SolSWb8YojAj5wtt79tc2H5-2RpnoNzd81ZGIR3eD6/s320/20240121_203447.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="301" data-original-width="320" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIuZi_D1otael0rlKevrRtdmvj-K8_d4BHZBsVVW7KJ0h4373Hi6J_AMBIj6whuKxov62o8vUYd8nimMj85LhQuMOpkM6WySAALsMJNe74L7DKPzxc2ET5k699cLpbSRHne9rT_vumq0oOT8SolSWb8YojAj5wtt79tc2H5-2RpnoNzd81ZGIR3eD6/w640-h602/20240121_203447.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoHBd1llRCZaD2xd7O-fJ6zvwD4Xe1eE9mQMcwMzj6r_29LPARb2RFASBd5AQL7eesa7zgBnc4_iF_0fZObgpk8Kz7IaIrtq-wDIjJ7I-2S5ZP_L1fSioXUKbA2oDVj7PrD0rp1wApn9Lohb2oalNbwcrCTepI_N0vEVkap5wvwiU9dg74IhtbLJQZ/s480/2024%20January1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="480" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoHBd1llRCZaD2xd7O-fJ6zvwD4Xe1eE9mQMcwMzj6r_29LPARb2RFASBd5AQL7eesa7zgBnc4_iF_0fZObgpk8Kz7IaIrtq-wDIjJ7I-2S5ZP_L1fSioXUKbA2oDVj7PrD0rp1wApn9Lohb2oalNbwcrCTepI_N0vEVkap5wvwiU9dg74IhtbLJQZ/w640-h384/2024%20January1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Tuesday 23rd</b> - a friend brought me a desk she no longer wanted, for me to paint. I started by cleaning and sanding it, filled up all the small holes in the top. I started by painting it off-white, but found it too stark, and then changed to dark blue.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It's almost finished, I need to still fix up the chair that has a sagging seat and fix the drawers.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilv_-WPMAsitPTwKJ6Rj1lserxnWopXgFsznhUMMuwQ1d5zop1ROQt3mAPfhpEIDUfzoyfxnZDYEkBiki_D-pbu6-3YsXyZ4fRT1ALrQoBHAC9TkdbabmRUiq-Fig4d0ZAmEU739Hb_gXGzhfpu-vVRVVt6h1maHJAS3cLfcSsmxsndCi9wAnq_mY0/s480/2024%20January7.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="480" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilv_-WPMAsitPTwKJ6Rj1lserxnWopXgFsznhUMMuwQ1d5zop1ROQt3mAPfhpEIDUfzoyfxnZDYEkBiki_D-pbu6-3YsXyZ4fRT1ALrQoBHAC9TkdbabmRUiq-Fig4d0ZAmEU739Hb_gXGzhfpu-vVRVVt6h1maHJAS3cLfcSsmxsndCi9wAnq_mY0/w640-h448/2024%20January7.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Thursday 25th</b><span> - took the train to Subiaco to have dinner with my friend Wendy at the Subiaco Hotel. I had fish and chips (no photo)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>Found a couple of murals, including the one I <a href="https://sami-colourfulworld.blogspot.com/2024/02/monday-mural-red-tailed-black-cockatoos.html" target="_blank">posted on Monday</a></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpJlm0jB88mZQk43twbgxq4m4ZWQ1eWZrtUv2UCnQ4fdQTxVzK2LQwgfCxxTBeDlGswYkVELe9aEGMSQNM8lsxD1cflbbD0myoUbG7nZUQFDq-EbU2KjNzGoMXZ12P5CC9pARfymfaDB26SLQBbEwikmEYizdqyK_WrS9Lr46mYbLq51HQIVZWtLUQ/s320/20240125_201423.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpJlm0jB88mZQk43twbgxq4m4ZWQ1eWZrtUv2UCnQ4fdQTxVzK2LQwgfCxxTBeDlGswYkVELe9aEGMSQNM8lsxD1cflbbD0myoUbG7nZUQFDq-EbU2KjNzGoMXZ12P5CC9pARfymfaDB26SLQBbEwikmEYizdqyK_WrS9Lr46mYbLq51HQIVZWtLUQ/w480-h640/20240125_201423.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Signs at the Ladies</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And here is a real red-tailed black cockatoo that was in one of our trees in the backyard. Photo taken with mobile, so not too good.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMjVdkjUlDted6hxagNEzj5fRQ5V5pAQ-qiPgHPxt0cT-N4RyvoQTA_FG7aEU5sZQNTHgvjLzeSJ3v___sJoGlZ4Z0NZP_TqH8phIXBbXbd7yGI4TcakHBG8qO5MwHrSBZO6eShNHEEhOA9dEa1r-fl2cMraeUbgamm3fhqGVL1Y_CyeybvSM1A4Uj/s480/20240108_135217.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMjVdkjUlDted6hxagNEzj5fRQ5V5pAQ-qiPgHPxt0cT-N4RyvoQTA_FG7aEU5sZQNTHgvjLzeSJ3v___sJoGlZ4Z0NZP_TqH8phIXBbXbd7yGI4TcakHBG8qO5MwHrSBZO6eShNHEEhOA9dEa1r-fl2cMraeUbgamm3fhqGVL1Y_CyeybvSM1A4Uj/w640-h480/20240108_135217.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Friday 26th</b> - I don't work Fridays, but it was a public holiday so Jose was home, and I spent the day decluterring and giving things away on Buy Nothing Group.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I've decided that every weekend I'll give away a few things that I no longer use, as we need to slowly start to downsize.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Wednesday 31st</b> - we had an</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">other heat wave in the last days of January - with 41C (105.8F) in the last day of January when kids were returning to school!.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuLVVJRs988AXueoKkYiASB7TspnSeR6lUS6SjnFtlKLT4_3LbR172dEg0rgneA7EN88mTrq0VkelGcpk5bKRK-v-UsJGnd-_hgX26JvGzmZtkdxJ8RkTDhqxQnH-DMiaKGsFaStaGk3G_l1uiOatqroAf4JxJZuFapnEUj81nW8bVgPAn5v0KLckR/s4624/20240201_141329.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuLVVJRs988AXueoKkYiASB7TspnSeR6lUS6SjnFtlKLT4_3LbR172dEg0rgneA7EN88mTrq0VkelGcpk5bKRK-v-UsJGnd-_hgX26JvGzmZtkdxJ8RkTDhqxQnH-DMiaKGsFaStaGk3G_l1uiOatqroAf4JxJZuFapnEUj81nW8bVgPAn5v0KLckR/w480-h640/20240201_141329.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfwC3II4mLgmA4Y9-OO2FpvQFKUu_2jVAK03YBUh7kd5eCkW6LJssSGi_3Ul-bkbZZsD_uIMJOBvJZfII9PWq6oFhr3XvNSnZ-1zdmig-HxSLUJO42WPJv5d9w32hRfSVF4PmVSP0QJKLv5U_OhXPS4xTVJDJLBzRBxJ7ikIPt3sb1hb1bP6qOXh_9/s480/20240126_182929.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="322" data-original-width="480" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfwC3II4mLgmA4Y9-OO2FpvQFKUu_2jVAK03YBUh7kd5eCkW6LJssSGi_3Ul-bkbZZsD_uIMJOBvJZfII9PWq6oFhr3XvNSnZ-1zdmig-HxSLUJO42WPJv5d9w32hRfSVF4PmVSP0QJKLv5U_OhXPS4xTVJDJLBzRBxJ7ikIPt3sb1hb1bP6qOXh_9/w640-h430/20240126_182929.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Weather Preview - Saturday 26th Jan to Friday 2nd Feb</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>I painted another bedside table.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSbu4XQWPgyCaaW3oIuLoieXzC-x_45JyhQzv_sdBkwET7Fzbakg74ZBpMAloa2_eaewerl-PYPSgcLlKJmOTSTqmLx96ARdpD5p3Icg6ROkrthET4iZvb7k1gnJ_7b-ASJbzWfeEsvf5V83gHDGnw0EvzU6I4p8NvSfrXTOGxtkZMs2qtLI3HDhGQ/s5120/2024%20January3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4551" data-original-width="5120" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSbu4XQWPgyCaaW3oIuLoieXzC-x_45JyhQzv_sdBkwET7Fzbakg74ZBpMAloa2_eaewerl-PYPSgcLlKJmOTSTqmLx96ARdpD5p3Icg6ROkrthET4iZvb7k1gnJ_7b-ASJbzWfeEsvf5V83gHDGnw0EvzU6I4p8NvSfrXTOGxtkZMs2qtLI3HDhGQ/w640-h568/2024%20January3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBt-SwRYnKz1OsLDpE16xexhJ3a2O7ax3vQ12iW5lXher0FuPPxtJYQtQ-lX6Q9Q6s2bej2eXGrp-KIVI2AK3Gi6P2BOp29Scg1dlBYof2-5O2i2lpndboBbR7Thh0ulqmaU6Ufb-X966pS-iMv8cxzk0Z1FfYm4exexivkPJL1K7VwTyLBD-zgdH3/s4624/20240129_151938.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBt-SwRYnKz1OsLDpE16xexhJ3a2O7ax3vQ12iW5lXher0FuPPxtJYQtQ-lX6Q9Q6s2bej2eXGrp-KIVI2AK3Gi6P2BOp29Scg1dlBYof2-5O2i2lpndboBbR7Thh0ulqmaU6Ufb-X966pS-iMv8cxzk0Z1FfYm4exexivkPJL1K7VwTyLBD-zgdH3/w480-h640/20240129_151938.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Our mango tree fruited well this year with about 40 mangoes! A lot of them fell on the grass due to the heat and got a bit bruised, but we still ate them. The smell in the kitchen was amazing!</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Sadly the extreme heat has been bad for our fig tree. I managed to pick about 2kgs of figs in the beginning of January, made a few jars of jam, but since then, they have been dropping off and getting burned to a crisp! </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW_mWsdEj2GzPl3NEDPuSMIlvUrDZ8CpFXF3Psepc5u-S-nPyxWmvGS2Dx6VD0j04iSX5a3LGundxEHvq4NCcXa7Mud8dHvLVcafco5Yic5FLpKL_brI5YB450hLG9cRME4owSNGar4CcVtbB_MSgnGbGNAwbw5HHM-1qqgOHdubsPxorpvafosvni/s480/2024%20January4.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="306" data-original-width="480" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW_mWsdEj2GzPl3NEDPuSMIlvUrDZ8CpFXF3Psepc5u-S-nPyxWmvGS2Dx6VD0j04iSX5a3LGundxEHvq4NCcXa7Mud8dHvLVcafco5Yic5FLpKL_brI5YB450hLG9cRME4owSNGar4CcVtbB_MSgnGbGNAwbw5HHM-1qqgOHdubsPxorpvafosvni/w640-h408/2024%20January4.jpg" width="640" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And I will leave you with another photo of my magpies :) They always bring a smile to my face, especially when they come close to the front door to ask for food, or when I see them crossing the street, or flying from the park across the road to my house when they see me come from work. So sweet </span>🐦</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">They know I treat them well, and always put out water for the birds so they don't suffer with the heat.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzNaeYCmxeq0becyhDdpAazhZbkYJ8Wb2801tJa4U-9nEHl8aJ01YX6t3qRF4E4fvpbrc0a086b_54BKYsnaH4KodGeX9NldtDsnvhG6XZX6LwwqqzLeq6m1uTQlR5uXk-NNrCcULmXxQDKJ99T00qlYVtqn8ZPMZQet7JuQkU5fup3Wn0H4LYHHG8/s480/20240204_094916.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="404" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzNaeYCmxeq0becyhDdpAazhZbkYJ8Wb2801tJa4U-9nEHl8aJ01YX6t3qRF4E4fvpbrc0a086b_54BKYsnaH4KodGeX9NldtDsnvhG6XZX6LwwqqzLeq6m1uTQlR5uXk-NNrCcULmXxQDKJ99T00qlYVtqn8ZPMZQet7JuQkU5fup3Wn0H4LYHHG8/w538-h640/20240204_094916.jpg" width="538" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8kL8Sgwcm0UOmOjnlArdnpHq8hCvA5j7uB1sKe5lESCPFgzb14RDsxlIo8ezPiFPhhTs3pRBlaWS1jsws_D0fxvXtDsc9tnfk2CM7cHHuHRjSIDY22TW5I00fY2zcU-5CoNpS5UQutCyZdFV3rU6EGWOF-nqPIEMVNKNEyO9VGpcadGXcXc3CddCX/s480/20240106_130019.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="289" data-original-width="480" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8kL8Sgwcm0UOmOjnlArdnpHq8hCvA5j7uB1sKe5lESCPFgzb14RDsxlIo8ezPiFPhhTs3pRBlaWS1jsws_D0fxvXtDsc9tnfk2CM7cHHuHRjSIDY22TW5I00fY2zcU-5CoNpS5UQutCyZdFV3rU6EGWOF-nqPIEMVNKNEyO9VGpcadGXcXc3CddCX/w640-h386/20240106_130019.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBt-SwRYnKz1OsLDpE16xexhJ3a2O7ax3vQ12iW5lXher0FuPPxtJYQtQ-lX6Q9Q6s2bej2eXGrp-KIVI2AK3Gi6P2BOp29Scg1dlBYof2-5O2i2lpndboBbR7Thh0ulqmaU6Ufb-X966pS-iMv8cxzk0Z1FfYm4exexivkPJL1K7VwTyLBD-zgdH3/s4624/20240129_151938.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBt-SwRYnKz1OsLDpE16xexhJ3a2O7ax3vQ12iW5lXher0FuPPxtJYQtQ-lX6Q9Q6s2bej2eXGrp-KIVI2AK3Gi6P2BOp29Scg1dlBYof2-5O2i2lpndboBbR7Thh0ulqmaU6Ufb-X966pS-iMv8cxzk0Z1FfYm4exexivkPJL1K7VwTyLBD-zgdH3/w480-h640/20240129_151938.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Signs at the main Perth Underground train station, which show the various rail and road projects going on in the city. I took the photo as Jose has worked on the Bayswater rail project and is now working on the Yanchep project.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglaDdZREAabTeiI3Um5I4c_2g0CTiJLNAvsPRj5zaqZVJhke4Z19wZhUcg_aCfG0CB6FtbqqMJirql1trDItjrrWHWHRn0hHouvp27KijmFfPGxzWebpCJp9ZuCym6lIiBD9aj2-QUnmhbE8YlcrEz1XJ67oHabrUzuNB6WOR68NxBpQD6l_OvjVwu/s320/20240125_204538.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglaDdZREAabTeiI3Um5I4c_2g0CTiJLNAvsPRj5zaqZVJhke4Z19wZhUcg_aCfG0CB6FtbqqMJirql1trDItjrrWHWHRn0hHouvp27KijmFfPGxzWebpCJp9ZuCym6lIiBD9aj2-QUnmhbE8YlcrEz1XJ67oHabrUzuNB6WOR68NxBpQD6l_OvjVwu/w480-h640/20240125_204538.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8SfXb-UP5KouNQlYaCTw5FychG6X8LvuXPPQdXSRfpEapBxb1YYxQpLBPTrdT_0WXF8vWiGwAAH2nG0vgca4HAnyPbkSCkBrL7sb6-_nOo40_hpS5eUaqCL2kBa0fgh1sqcTqpf7dqCs87yb3Qws5gUdhqEPv9jSocJs4VvPW6vOEMcyeerH32ZKr/s320/20240125_204600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8SfXb-UP5KouNQlYaCTw5FychG6X8LvuXPPQdXSRfpEapBxb1YYxQpLBPTrdT_0WXF8vWiGwAAH2nG0vgca4HAnyPbkSCkBrL7sb6-_nOo40_hpS5eUaqCL2kBa0fgh1sqcTqpf7dqCs87yb3Qws5gUdhqEPv9jSocJs4VvPW6vOEMcyeerH32ZKr/w640-h480/20240125_204600.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div></div>Samihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467163627586022816noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858901934141711052.post-46034116006555107922024-02-19T00:01:00.006+08:002024-03-03T23:05:32.514+08:00Monday Mural - Red-tailed Black Cockatoos<p><span style="background-color: #d9ead3; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;">I love murals and street art. If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;">this meme is </span><span style="text-align: justify;">for you. J</span><span style="text-align: justify;">ust follow the </span><b style="text-align: justify;">Linky</b><span style="text-align: justify;"> st</span><span style="text-align: justify;">eps below. Once you start looking you will find murals everywhere. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">The "Monday Mural" meme goes live on Monday at 12,01AM, Perth,Western Australian time. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to your mural finds this week.</span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: #d9ead3; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">Thanks Sami</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;">I Recently met up with a friend in the inner city suburb of</span><b style="text-align: justify;"> Subiaco</b><span style="text-align: justify;"> (just west of the city centre) to have dinner at the </span><b style="text-align: justify;">Subiaco Hotel & pub</b><span style="text-align: justify;">. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;">I took the train, arrived early and walked a couple of blocks to photograph this mural, which was painted in 2021 by Perth artist </span><b style="text-align: justify;">James Giddy</b><span style="text-align: justify;">, at the back of <b>Hesperia Property Developer</b>, at the Forrest Street car park at Denis St.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The mural depicts two red-tailed black cockatoos, which are significant for Hesperia due to their focus on conservation and ongoing support of the Karrakin Recovery Centre. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">"Karrak" is the Noongar (local Aboriginal language) word for the cockatoo.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSI3ok0i38iJKkBVL0F4eobkfiOFpdG0sKsrgFzduW_7nIm6MjkCWQYslxKzH9tWy1Y7TJDjCqX9nZ_0KvgiZ3P_4DF6muV6MhMKkWRLAJm7P8_DYzFOv5ilsucXHY7vCs1fAielW8yfoE61FCgk5urT9xq5uvQd7HQTNp5k3e-tEmJRshUtzBwSxT/s480/20240125_182003-001.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="480" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSI3ok0i38iJKkBVL0F4eobkfiOFpdG0sKsrgFzduW_7nIm6MjkCWQYslxKzH9tWy1Y7TJDjCqX9nZ_0KvgiZ3P_4DF6muV6MhMKkWRLAJm7P8_DYzFOv5ilsucXHY7vCs1fAielW8yfoE61FCgk5urT9xq5uvQd7HQTNp5k3e-tEmJRshUtzBwSxT/w640-h346/20240125_182003-001.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="color: #222222; 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float: left; font-family: georgia; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="480" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI6VuE8PEnSURi3H6p2iidFR4R9tpISi1snrLrKz2CZiY6QbebyKdxJGmwL5TWPY6fyT5tn9lkUSyUgTxP9RJRDvJg57DVq1UVcrV6Qh1ZxMydF-Sdw1j0Ny55jP5tt-ZnTOy0nYj438bS_Fjit7GZRwguMACgDBZOSsKpxkBX68wDWIps9OaxKT20/w640-h622/20240125_182043.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This mural is painted next to two other murals painted in 2017 by Spanish artist <b>Okuda San Miguel</b>, which I posted about in this post : <a href="https://sami-colourfulworld.blogspot.com/2020/10/monday-mural-paint-subi-2.html" style="text-align: center;">https://sami-colourfulworld.blogspot.com/2020/10/monday-mural-paint-subi-2.html</a></span></div><span style="color: #222222; 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<!--end LinkyTools script-->Samihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467163627586022816noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858901934141711052.post-71304507743859045432024-02-13T23:00:00.003+08:002024-02-14T14:52:42.683+08:00Byford sculpture trail & Signs<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">When we returned home from our <a href="https://sami-colourfulworld.blogspot.com/2024/01/december-wrap-up-and-signs-part-2.html" target="_blank">camping trip to </a><b><a href="https://sami-colourfulworld.blogspot.com/2024/01/december-wrap-up-and-signs-part-2.html" target="_blank">Serpentine Falls</a> </b>we travelled via Byford to check out the <b>Byford Sculpture Trail.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">In March 2009 the Dwellingup (a small town 1h south of Perth) born artist <b>Len Zuks </b>won the People's Choice Award at the <b>Sculptures by the Sea exhibition</b>. He was then commissioned to create a series of sculptures as an ode to the history of the town of Byford.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This artist renowned for his motto "Ridiculous is king", has exhibited in the Louvre in Paris, at the Venice Biennale and at the London Olympics Art exhibition.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The Byford sculptures are scattered over a 6,2km trail amongst local cafes and shops, finishing in the town centre with the <b>Boxing Kangaroo</b> sculpture.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7qKfPzDtl-rdDOsWJOj2Hx0DKLtxz9RRn0LH0xzq1r_nVD0gjOMRgSkF19K3kzgKavc6rTzTZ4sagLevAzBW_mYX9VdrcNWAWsvsDtaVFrOBXuIiftfwAWaJGQaJoHIMnYMJ8N4xiv8Zr9F6MYub_36oy4G-FE77tmz-hPxkr0oyvlqxcUjqxVkUD/s480/20240101_103650.jpg" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="360" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7qKfPzDtl-rdDOsWJOj2Hx0DKLtxz9RRn0LH0xzq1r_nVD0gjOMRgSkF19K3kzgKavc6rTzTZ4sagLevAzBW_mYX9VdrcNWAWsvsDtaVFrOBXuIiftfwAWaJGQaJoHIMnYMJ8N4xiv8Zr9F6MYub_36oy4G-FE77tmz-hPxkr0oyvlqxcUjqxVkUD/w480-h640/20240101_103650.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I didn't photograph all of them, just the few in the town centre.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The <b>Horse and Jockey</b> is a tribute to Byford's 1919 Perth Cup champion Rivose. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The plinth includes original bricks from the State Brickworks.</span></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUwuvvIyYsI6tor-xPQJny98L21pkCmt5jYDcgDZcodoOpdBPpv_anTHy8da2GZ1mtNHq7ECCvcrLQrm0LgPoE5DVwfHq52myx5BAfNgXVZEuFpyzh_4ZMhxJ-l4Kto5mUDPRX_SUzHKbQ_lxbwumLCmqHiVn3yjiwqPKQr8QOlxCt7xmvEh5ZVOoJ/s480/20240101_103944.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="471" data-original-width="480" height="628" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUwuvvIyYsI6tor-xPQJny98L21pkCmt5jYDcgDZcodoOpdBPpv_anTHy8da2GZ1mtNHq7ECCvcrLQrm0LgPoE5DVwfHq52myx5BAfNgXVZEuFpyzh_4ZMhxJ-l4Kto5mUDPRX_SUzHKbQ_lxbwumLCmqHiVn3yjiwqPKQr8QOlxCt7xmvEh5ZVOoJ/w640-h628/20240101_103944.jpg" width="640" /></a> </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAVhpghEPSadIeTBcQjPNnDI1LQFyjfdDarwyaXSgFxmTEHFDz_4jeR5QWyrhiDqBVyQaRgvwF3xFJPUHsPjHdJcT80meEFXluxOEymzJUuFN3SoLE364rzvuEha98r1SoHLqtrx-rIEV8Ycs0aeJB_doaBa03bXSfCkzZOTVxXc9X9Gb5CqZEsaDA/s480/20240101_103959.jpg" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="360" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAVhpghEPSadIeTBcQjPNnDI1LQFyjfdDarwyaXSgFxmTEHFDz_4jeR5QWyrhiDqBVyQaRgvwF3xFJPUHsPjHdJcT80meEFXluxOEymzJUuFN3SoLE364rzvuEha98r1SoHLqtrx-rIEV8Ycs0aeJB_doaBa03bXSfCkzZOTVxXc9X9Gb5CqZEsaDA/w480-h640/20240101_103959.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #33424d;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The <b>Child Health Sister</b> is dedicated to Sister Wossley, who looked after the local Byford children in the 1940's.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGCWYYVEiheZz-ade0U1U0RXSodWlIEPZoSOMHZ61mwGHgQCzv5bay7Oq_h24UGh4W3LVefSB2H2xA5Qa1EOBbQEB9sZLXUuyMn7tMubxg5fxiQBWlLglcBzLpuuI543c6ck-KhEIE-e1PKV0bR3wHSv290npWq6PbJ_nGSRp5T-iMgPTmw38PwftW/s480/20240101_104205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="360" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGCWYYVEiheZz-ade0U1U0RXSodWlIEPZoSOMHZ61mwGHgQCzv5bay7Oq_h24UGh4W3LVefSB2H2xA5Qa1EOBbQEB9sZLXUuyMn7tMubxg5fxiQBWlLglcBzLpuuI543c6ck-KhEIE-e1PKV0bR3wHSv290npWq6PbJ_nGSRp5T-iMgPTmw38PwftW/w480-h640/20240101_104205.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The <b>Returned Serviceman</b> honours the men who returned from the war to live and work in Byford.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjQMgBpU3VYfYdTWx2hOeWMjH70xShZca0Q7aMvyg5s9LVTTU5cEzb63noopHC1LyhWIsoLDJMr6BuVQmm9oYAPMhEgt0ctUhDI6s7MrT55dtH_fE43mgviI-ywrPQ9X20vFYGcgam-RS9eRvS0NfcNE1s9YypFPEPO3HLM6IqrJZMxR2OL1O8kqMd/s480/20240101_104050.jpg" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="360" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjQMgBpU3VYfYdTWx2hOeWMjH70xShZca0Q7aMvyg5s9LVTTU5cEzb63noopHC1LyhWIsoLDJMr6BuVQmm9oYAPMhEgt0ctUhDI6s7MrT55dtH_fE43mgviI-ywrPQ9X20vFYGcgam-RS9eRvS0NfcNE1s9YypFPEPO3HLM6IqrJZMxR2OL1O8kqMd/w480-h640/20240101_104050.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And remember the owl sculpture by the library <a href="https://sami-colourfulworld.blogspot.com/2024/01/monday-murals-everything-melville.html" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;" target="_blank">in one of my January posts</a>? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It was also one of Len Zuks' works.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTyplq0JUTHlrJm4Te8s_0W-xq8nLDGg96KOkjiEPAj0Xidk6q580BbzB33wJQ7sgNBlQKpF9tBl6g1-BINzuDsdPZrLdOAEhIogRrk-7sicH3GGVkqKNX_xL2vm1GAlZQb71jkBy_Qesull6m8PfzAaJhQerIoBafnNEHwW0gWRMESkgtQNOQmXUY" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="394" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTyplq0JUTHlrJm4Te8s_0W-xq8nLDGg96KOkjiEPAj0Xidk6q580BbzB33wJQ7sgNBlQKpF9tBl6g1-BINzuDsdPZrLdOAEhIogRrk-7sicH3GGVkqKNX_xL2vm1GAlZQb71jkBy_Qesull6m8PfzAaJhQerIoBafnNEHwW0gWRMESkgtQNOQmXUY=w525-h640" width="525" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reading owl at the Melville library</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">A couple of number plates seen in January. For other signs from around the world check <a href="https://backroadstraveller.blogspot.com/2024/02/signs-happy-valentines-day.html?sc=1707893397557" target="_blank">Tom's blog.</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Happy Valentine's Day 💓💓</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxi7fSLc6mPpsrbcFTxYvr3qCaNXC8NCN4mPec1iCoZ-1vCeIejIOpMh9xrCIJ5KyEMFeK-apEurGjFToi1AYF7v39AJ6FDd-IU-AfNb240DgLI4KS6-E6mxCbnKTG8rNQda8jxiCt9Cogo_9MxNDObzjYiNJa2uswulOh3_FG94yNYVqhz5TmcCTr/s480/20240111_192220.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="352" data-original-width="480" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxi7fSLc6mPpsrbcFTxYvr3qCaNXC8NCN4mPec1iCoZ-1vCeIejIOpMh9xrCIJ5KyEMFeK-apEurGjFToi1AYF7v39AJ6FDd-IU-AfNb240DgLI4KS6-E6mxCbnKTG8rNQda8jxiCt9Cogo_9MxNDObzjYiNJa2uswulOh3_FG94yNYVqhz5TmcCTr/w640-h470/20240111_192220.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pw9hpsJFnJuS7Cvs436Wj4a9KgGnDLVOKGvDGzlGq5qGpEbubsoUq99AnzaqJFj3ma8sCt25rsfcWiH4hefgB4JMJu6bwJ6KHlfTN5noEZFbp1tyXiJjxXKBh6Qscfra_OOvk4m1u5gcG-5nHiMbk8yTJBKEVeZZSF8IfXPPK5B_XKf8CPla8IEy/s480/20240119_131434.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="480" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pw9hpsJFnJuS7Cvs436Wj4a9KgGnDLVOKGvDGzlGq5qGpEbubsoUq99AnzaqJFj3ma8sCt25rsfcWiH4hefgB4JMJu6bwJ6KHlfTN5noEZFbp1tyXiJjxXKBh6Qscfra_OOvk4m1u5gcG-5nHiMbk8yTJBKEVeZZSF8IfXPPK5B_XKf8CPla8IEy/w640-h454/20240119_131434.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rogue MG<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiODC1pIBDPaxPphSiXET7vvvciEWpe6rgB9IWI7QY9a-pjROGPqR31EWU2exQowArnd3hiH_tGqF9ntKTg0JHGCBVGTFgPW8sJx0ELn5gu9NSqo_eozVLEK7hSySGGzocjJvrAZLy3fhG1dGuX1Xt0ikVEOvhYqnRG8EiWSDEnLLxGH_-Gjz-ejLoO/s480/20240119_131520.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="480" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiODC1pIBDPaxPphSiXET7vvvciEWpe6rgB9IWI7QY9a-pjROGPqR31EWU2exQowArnd3hiH_tGqF9ntKTg0JHGCBVGTFgPW8sJx0ELn5gu9NSqo_eozVLEK7hSySGGzocjJvrAZLy3fhG1dGuX1Xt0ikVEOvhYqnRG8EiWSDEnLLxGH_-Gjz-ejLoO/w640-h520/20240119_131520.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lexus<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5JUloxVGVDlYB3IzJVZAGpH4kbxWB0DzaDnlKbfz7GV_plL6oxcFA_HYErnjBg9gHoKXMyAn1HO114i1qxRvdpmBS0dwZc3fb16iES2NjsC4E3eqenCZi3NrgUblETkskFYXP8xi1ykGa5tmZPCoSZYhz9YVm883z-iDfzmFyZxtHK85nwSeEy6hG/s480/20240119_144317.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="480" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5JUloxVGVDlYB3IzJVZAGpH4kbxWB0DzaDnlKbfz7GV_plL6oxcFA_HYErnjBg9gHoKXMyAn1HO114i1qxRvdpmBS0dwZc3fb16iES2NjsC4E3eqenCZi3NrgUblETkskFYXP8xi1ykGa5tmZPCoSZYhz9YVm883z-iDfzmFyZxtHK85nwSeEy6hG/w640-h424/20240119_144317.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Road Runner<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Samihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467163627586022816noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858901934141711052.post-42953110648948757622024-02-12T00:01:00.007+08:002024-03-03T23:05:58.619+08:00Monday Mural - Collaboration in Baldivis<p><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;">I love murals and street art. If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;">this meme is </span><span style="text-align: justify;">for you. J</span><span style="text-align: justify;">ust follow the </span><b style="text-align: justify;">Linky</b><span style="text-align: justify;"> st</span><span style="text-align: justify;">eps below. Once you start looking you will find murals everywhere. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">The "Monday Mural" meme goes live on Monday at 12,01AM, Perth,Western Australian time. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to your mural finds this week.</span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">Thanks Sami</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Two murals painted in collaboration by the internationally acclaimed artists <b>Beastman</b> (Brad Eastman) and <b>Kyle Hughes-Odgers, </b>at the <b>Stockland Baldivis</b> Shopping Centre, in the southern suburb of Baldivis, in November 2014, for the "Walls and Malls Public art project".</span></div><span style="background-color: #d9ead3; color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<!--end LinkyTools script-->Samihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467163627586022816noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858901934141711052.post-63175257492815553022024-02-07T18:40:00.002+08:002024-02-07T18:40:24.804+08:00Signs: Personalised number plates<p><span style="background-color: #d9ead3; font-size: medium;">For other signs from around the world <a href="https://backroadstraveller.blogspot.com/2024/02/signs2-vee-blades.html?sc=1707301405470" target="_blank">please check Tom's blog:</a></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjioVQmMFhEdDxIwFVI0oQg06ffgaN50bsj8kQzsX05UqIvcMIrkHLOMlbJcN3-rUGjOnyb3uHpG6NGFNMlcNctnsyAV7rHHMpV8gY7D4MjgIJgnbGWMVkIzuN-05tk-nZkNPE27EzrPW0oO4qF5hFkXclWi_mRIj-YOjMfeWYc4OP3Jxk0DkHxYp_X/s480/20231203_093804.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="480" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjioVQmMFhEdDxIwFVI0oQg06ffgaN50bsj8kQzsX05UqIvcMIrkHLOMlbJcN3-rUGjOnyb3uHpG6NGFNMlcNctnsyAV7rHHMpV8gY7D4MjgIJgnbGWMVkIzuN-05tk-nZkNPE27EzrPW0oO4qF5hFkXclWi_mRIj-YOjMfeWYc4OP3Jxk0DkHxYp_X/w640-h370/20231203_093804.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Probably a supporter of the West Coast Eagles (Perth football team)<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ5fnBWQPx3XJ2kauXOc9rW9Mr6dw_LpSXTDHnldZMdVBk9rjaNyjViORJmcF4jdq8Rg1ZNCtyuwrtTBrylN3r54aq7WUvr-m34aNkWcxN1SiRtBlJtYwoLs3Y69AZp1XGaYkqXOCp6pnK8aVqAL4PDCrMwj1VkiyH2oqMXJZA1TCmqoIWzKiImAdl/s480/20231204_160014.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="243" data-original-width="480" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ5fnBWQPx3XJ2kauXOc9rW9Mr6dw_LpSXTDHnldZMdVBk9rjaNyjViORJmcF4jdq8Rg1ZNCtyuwrtTBrylN3r54aq7WUvr-m34aNkWcxN1SiRtBlJtYwoLs3Y69AZp1XGaYkqXOCp6pnK8aVqAL4PDCrMwj1VkiyH2oqMXJZA1TCmqoIWzKiImAdl/w640-h324/20231204_160014.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lives like a King or Queen?</td></tr></tbody></table><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEind37QOXdwa9lo9_nmCE4KVYs1LiQFPhFugXhkKigDod-bq4F63XPnSyiiJ4W-uqLiuAytWvhw1bN3lIttmtJdd1XiM_b3M1mKpFdw7BXHHIhuVVaIqbWSdBOXV4tBFiUCh7Ad_85wsEbFjx77By_9aY3UtKoPxkGjqB2aVwOweVjLGTbJNejv6WVT/s480/20231231_185441.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="480" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEind37QOXdwa9lo9_nmCE4KVYs1LiQFPhFugXhkKigDod-bq4F63XPnSyiiJ4W-uqLiuAytWvhw1bN3lIttmtJdd1XiM_b3M1mKpFdw7BXHHIhuVVaIqbWSdBOXV4tBFiUCh7Ad_85wsEbFjx77By_9aY3UtKoPxkGjqB2aVwOweVjLGTbJNejv6WVT/w640-h528/20231231_185441.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5T21eXlodybOUrPAvr5nj9C_HFiK0-p5moMmISPxnwhTx2LxHtxW3jGMqOEoWHbPzC4QqA4oXsIvJ8lpDblBEtQVxnwyg6yR5iqmI7P2kLFzSzeHh2cycPhlbh24PxUMtstLRSb9FwNJ7FcLElsN5GcuZBWN2N9tcH_G_1a579cnLODjtYtsiIGQ4/s480/20231213_153331.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="308" data-original-width="480" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5T21eXlodybOUrPAvr5nj9C_HFiK0-p5moMmISPxnwhTx2LxHtxW3jGMqOEoWHbPzC4QqA4oXsIvJ8lpDblBEtQVxnwyg6yR5iqmI7P2kLFzSzeHh2cycPhlbh24PxUMtstLRSb9FwNJ7FcLElsN5GcuZBWN2N9tcH_G_1a579cnLODjtYtsiIGQ4/w640-h410/20231213_153331.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beach shells or belongs to Shelley?<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD-iqcghac8Xo5MQ3wXvYb9gk8J9PZBzY7QbHfMIKAuxEhOxs54nuydpEBDBwFU8VnCDKwt8BlFPXlR8qYE05EzEdNW111hPfk0UXsr12RMFxxEapasTNmRXTE3i0du-5mP8IMu4ELd6kEZKYfoOQrMMh6K7EhmDXzOjko_GDpGkNeckVtxLZh0ZmT/s480/20231222_111207.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="480" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD-iqcghac8Xo5MQ3wXvYb9gk8J9PZBzY7QbHfMIKAuxEhOxs54nuydpEBDBwFU8VnCDKwt8BlFPXlR8qYE05EzEdNW111hPfk0UXsr12RMFxxEapasTNmRXTE3i0du-5mP8IMu4ELd6kEZKYfoOQrMMh6K7EhmDXzOjko_GDpGkNeckVtxLZh0ZmT/w640-h366/20231222_111207.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A red Toyota Rav4</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6nHrqU7-jVhgXwfQbym3599AT09eSEQlXoqyRifeVDzA8aqVQ7EtYBZuDtl8Zswhq3CBKjx2H93uGUV0unwFMf7SCnfjnrPwQeoN4qEtoqEb9ZgN7XLkVSCkbbLRqZtrYogBllX0m3KrFex-ulKzIkZvjXLsqXHGK4Ivt-VpLHJAQchuZbYdR4tMd/s480/20231230_094903.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="480" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6nHrqU7-jVhgXwfQbym3599AT09eSEQlXoqyRifeVDzA8aqVQ7EtYBZuDtl8Zswhq3CBKjx2H93uGUV0unwFMf7SCnfjnrPwQeoN4qEtoqEb9ZgN7XLkVSCkbbLRqZtrYogBllX0m3KrFex-ulKzIkZvjXLsqXHGK4Ivt-VpLHJAQchuZbYdR4tMd/w640-h622/20231230_094903.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A 1963 car, a bit younger than me :)</td></tr></tbody></table><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTGiQm-sDffwYkQHv6_UZAeORhyphenhyphenhmdQG59o5RiMKiu8jYZgJSiXMLncbFJaSt8DZ8w5tVZUjczclJ-L_8SDktwjtzTfbIzUAqEuqxcGZI0rqQy5TSVYcij-ukFixMZA7lTnw9DY56y4rDfjNFVW_zbZrdrnCmShI0tM0mUfp-Kr8AEvUvZmwXW15jt/s480/20231230_093700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="379" data-original-width="480" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTGiQm-sDffwYkQHv6_UZAeORhyphenhyphenhmdQG59o5RiMKiu8jYZgJSiXMLncbFJaSt8DZ8w5tVZUjczclJ-L_8SDktwjtzTfbIzUAqEuqxcGZI0rqQy5TSVYcij-ukFixMZA7lTnw9DY56y4rDfjNFVW_zbZrdrnCmShI0tM0mUfp-Kr8AEvUvZmwXW15jt/w640-h506/20231230_093700.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I must say I had never heard this expression, but rah rah exists in the dictionary.</span></p><p><br /><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f1f3f4; color: #202124; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.3px; text-transform: uppercase;">INFORMAL</span><span class="BkZwPe" face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin: 0px 3px; text-transform: uppercase;">•</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f1f3f4; color: #202124; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.3px; text-transform: uppercase;">NORTH AMERICAN</span></p><div class="vmod" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div class="vmod" data-topic="" jsname="r5Nvmf"><div class="lW8rQd" style="align-items: center; display: flex;"><div class="YrbPuc vdBwhd" style="color: #70757a; line-height: 22px; min-height: 20px;"><i>adjective</i></div><div aria-hidden="true" class="xpdxpnd" data-mh="-1" jsname="jUIvqc" style="max-height: 0px; overflow: hidden; transition: max-height 0.3s ease 0s;"><span class="kqEaA" style="color: #70757a; line-height: 22px;"></span><span class="kqEaA z8gr9e" style="color: #4d5156; line-height: 22px;"><b></b></span><span class="kqEaA" style="color: #70757a; line-height: 22px;"></span><span class="kqEaA z8gr9e" style="color: #4d5156; line-height: 22px;"><b></b></span></div></div><ol class="eQJLDd" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;"><li jsname="gskXhf" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="vmod"><div class="thODed" style="padding-top: 8px;"><div class="wHYlTd sY7ric" data-topic="" jsname="cJAsRb" style="line-height: 16px;"><div style="margin-left: 20px;"><div class="wHYlTd sY7ric" style="line-height: 16px;"><div class="PZPZlf" data-attrid="SenseDefinition" data-psd="sense_definition~:&marked by great or uncritical enthusiasm or excitement."><div data-dobid="dfn" style="display: inline;">marked by great or <span class="AraNOb" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a class="rMNQNe" data-ved="2ahUKEwijgICLmYWEAxUDxjgGHQEsDYYQyecJegQIMxAL" href="https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=8add31af34f47e86&sxsrf=ACQVn0_GeaOr8Z1iz962W0k_ocBeEOpM1w:1706620578963&q=uncritical&si=AKbGX_pt4UlL1m2gNC94R_NJDj6SlD4ansUT6xJnxWMRP5HYZqoGItFiuGHblULWIVwfJU4vibIFYK-61A20J1Al9hMJR37J3CLG_P9Xt0-oLRkfatjUxjQ%3D&expnd=1" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" tabindex="0">uncritical</a></span> <span class="AraNOb" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a class="rMNQNe" data-ved="2ahUKEwijgICLmYWEAxUDxjgGHQEsDYYQyecJegQIMxAM" href="https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=8add31af34f47e86&sxsrf=ACQVn0_GeaOr8Z1iz962W0k_ocBeEOpM1w:1706620578963&q=enthusiasm&si=AKbGX_pt4UlL1m2gNC94R_NJDj6StYqS05zHf5YgNMe-n7HFeU90T_twA2Kb9RgCTAtd_r5WXUcJoQo-Fmkkj0zcCDKh2PYxx7EsPUxTKOMTXwaNfyqrGs4%3D&expnd=1" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" tabindex="0">enthusiasm</a></span> or excitement.</div><div class="vmod"><div class="ZYHQ7e" style="color: #70757a;">"many players were turned off by his rah-rah style"</div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 20px;"></div></div></div></li></ol></div><div class="vmod" data-topic="" jsname="r5Nvmf"><div class="lW8rQd" style="align-items: center; display: flex;"><div class="YrbPuc vdBwhd" style="color: #70757a; line-height: 22px; min-height: 20px;"><i>noun</i></div><div aria-hidden="true" class="xpdxpnd" data-mh="-1" jsname="jUIvqc" style="max-height: 0px; overflow: hidden; transition: max-height 0.3s ease 0s;"><span class="kqEaA" style="color: #70757a; line-height: 22px;"></span><span class="kqEaA z8gr9e" style="color: #4d5156; line-height: 22px;"><b></b></span><span class="kqEaA" style="color: #70757a; line-height: 22px;"></span><span class="kqEaA z8gr9e" style="color: #4d5156; line-height: 22px;"><b></b></span></div></div><ol class="eQJLDd" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;"><li jsname="gskXhf" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="vmod"><div class="thODed" style="padding-top: 8px;"><div class="wHYlTd sY7ric" data-topic="" jsname="cJAsRb" style="line-height: 16px;"><div style="margin-left: 20px;"><div class="wHYlTd sY7ric" style="line-height: 16px;"><div class="PZPZlf" data-attrid="SenseDefinition" data-psd="sense_definition~:&great or uncritical enthusiasm and excitement."><div data-dobid="dfn" style="display: inline;">great or <span class="AraNOb" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a class="rMNQNe" data-ved="2ahUKEwijgICLmYWEAxUDxjgGHQEsDYYQyecJegQIMxAO" href="https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=8add31af34f47e86&sxsrf=ACQVn0_GeaOr8Z1iz962W0k_ocBeEOpM1w:1706620578963&q=uncritical&si=AKbGX_pt4UlL1m2gNC94R_NJDj6SlD4ansUT6xJnxWMRP5HYZqoGItFiuGHblULWIVwfJU4vibIFYK-61A20J1Al9hMJR37J3CLG_P9Xt0-oLRkfatjUxjQ%3D&expnd=1" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" tabindex="0">uncritical</a></span> <span class="AraNOb" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a class="rMNQNe" data-ved="2ahUKEwijgICLmYWEAxUDxjgGHQEsDYYQyecJegQIMxAP" href="https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=8add31af34f47e86&sxsrf=ACQVn0_GeaOr8Z1iz962W0k_ocBeEOpM1w:1706620578963&q=enthusiasm&si=AKbGX_pt4UlL1m2gNC94R_NJDj6StYqS05zHf5YgNMe-n7HFeU90T_twA2Kb9RgCTAtd_r5WXUcJoQo-Fmkkj0zcCDKh2PYxx7EsPUxTKOMTXwaNfyqrGs4%3D&expnd=1" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" tabindex="0">enthusiasm</a></span> and excitement.</div><div class="vmod"><div class="ZYHQ7e" style="color: #70757a;">"there's plenty of nostalgia and lots of official corporate rah-rah about culture but not a single drop of honesty"</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></li></ol></div></div>Samihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467163627586022816noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858901934141711052.post-43250988973486880432024-02-05T00:01:00.002+08:002024-03-03T23:06:46.287+08:00Monday Murals - Dwellingup General Store<p><span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;">I love murals and street art. If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;">this meme is </span><span style="text-align: justify;">for you. J</span><span style="text-align: justify;">ust follow the </span><b style="text-align: justify;">Linky</b><span style="text-align: justify;"> st</span><span style="text-align: justify;">eps below. Once you start looking you will find murals everywhere. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;">The "Monday Mural" meme goes live on Monday at 12,01AM, Perth,Western Australian time. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to your mural finds this week.<br /></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Thanks Sami</span> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Another mural in Dwellingup at the <b>Dwellingup General Stor</b>e on the corner of McLarty and Newton streets. It was painted by another very talented Perth artist - <b>Kyle Hughes-Odgers.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And how lucky was I to be there at the end of December, as the mural had just been painted in the first week of December 2023!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPBcnzZJqvbLu7hY9p2_MqcmA2kSMCRNORH6nBcyciDltZD_VZwv6Fddxjz5mFETYKSSXhj8Y_l5pKmEuLY50OnIoc-FbmRV2kyHJz7qvZgZv6_EirvGIHBDyappWrlZTRKXSNVc3xYeOZd5w9x45bptcPL-Mh0q1bso5RZklSiILeY1zvviAlYmkz/s480/20231229_164043.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="427" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPBcnzZJqvbLu7hY9p2_MqcmA2kSMCRNORH6nBcyciDltZD_VZwv6Fddxjz5mFETYKSSXhj8Y_l5pKmEuLY50OnIoc-FbmRV2kyHJz7qvZgZv6_EirvGIHBDyappWrlZTRKXSNVc3xYeOZd5w9x45bptcPL-Mh0q1bso5RZklSiILeY1zvviAlYmkz/w570-h640/20231229_164043.jpg" width="570" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-v7CAmwMlaW7iLyMKkK_fWgMFQjcjEprapdhFHE25eyVjqo8bo3ve_n2dqA9PjJgNdqdbik395HgkBX2I-xEbNF_EstuHBQawXaOeouzISNjaBfVlCopKyX7C8_7DSEsMPzMmU67Fzx5IkySAHCNaQb4c-S3I9VKJa-9rRd5SYVrNa2tL7_wOqhOU/s480/20231229_113240.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="480" height="590" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-v7CAmwMlaW7iLyMKkK_fWgMFQjcjEprapdhFHE25eyVjqo8bo3ve_n2dqA9PjJgNdqdbik395HgkBX2I-xEbNF_EstuHBQawXaOeouzISNjaBfVlCopKyX7C8_7DSEsMPzMmU67Fzx5IkySAHCNaQb4c-S3I9VKJa-9rRd5SYVrNa2tL7_wOqhOU/w640-h590/20231229_113240.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLZ_jb2RWCdYaQaHT73Ma9IPWdDWb81ZfXRYSo7x_QV3DsdmBCKRlgItZtOXAZdMeZKa4lk444_yzCWqd61cdzylYt_sv_2nwtg9Kp8e1epelHJD4M0G_B4VMeulRKGEVRYrIRXIVCO3dJHx01Efe0qspYSawPQtnVybdSFQqgCMJ0qvpJkIu2Tm0v/s480/20231229_113209.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="480" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLZ_jb2RWCdYaQaHT73Ma9IPWdDWb81ZfXRYSo7x_QV3DsdmBCKRlgItZtOXAZdMeZKa4lk444_yzCWqd61cdzylYt_sv_2nwtg9Kp8e1epelHJD4M0G_B4VMeulRKGEVRYrIRXIVCO3dJHx01Efe0qspYSawPQtnVybdSFQqgCMJ0qvpJkIu2Tm0v/w640-h472/20231229_113209.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Can you spot the horse from last week at the end of the wall?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjM5SiVW5vIUTADuf5BbByxycEcxGxRz7B5Z7L9cAGSgufhgv_Z3oRmfmzqCNF7NziqIFrQTg9xb19EMfqwYBiUGGdDSu6jzEMaTIhRrtp2X1q8JzQ9JyWP2JdlVFmL0fHJEmDDm67w5EghufdWNydp2H2TKTGFw_WsmAjJI_fmVOvKkFWABK3_b6C/s480/20231229_113142.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="411" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjM5SiVW5vIUTADuf5BbByxycEcxGxRz7B5Z7L9cAGSgufhgv_Z3oRmfmzqCNF7NziqIFrQTg9xb19EMfqwYBiUGGdDSu6jzEMaTIhRrtp2X1q8JzQ9JyWP2JdlVFmL0fHJEmDDm67w5EghufdWNydp2H2TKTGFw_WsmAjJI_fmVOvKkFWABK3_b6C/w548-h640/20231229_113142.jpg" width="548" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYPodj8C2x7sDswk7HRfPSlyOcsZefp4kTLzP7rpvs_FY3rjOZJ4q0q_09StU8UuX8XcKRhps_6PItJQ0-zgN2X_SFibdQHOE188gYo_MVFhgO5lthJRTm4nZXewRiosbu4TRmuLtVB4p7Lg42CY-SL4c2DlZg5xjcEIJQfTVE95Lz1j_4R0a8Sns-/s480/20231229_113134.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYPodj8C2x7sDswk7HRfPSlyOcsZefp4kTLzP7rpvs_FY3rjOZJ4q0q_09StU8UuX8XcKRhps_6PItJQ0-zgN2X_SFibdQHOE188gYo_MVFhgO5lthJRTm4nZXewRiosbu4TRmuLtVB4p7Lg42CY-SL4c2DlZg5xjcEIJQfTVE95Lz1j_4R0a8Sns-/w640-h480/20231229_113134.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
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Once you start looking you will find murals everywhere. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #f9cb9c; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;">The "Monday Mural" meme goes live on Monday at 12,01AM, Perth,Western Australian time. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to your mural finds this week.<br /></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Thanks Sami</span> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Painted by Dutch born, Fremantle based artist, <b>Amok Island,</b> real name Xander Rood, this mural of a "Grevillea pinnatifida" was painted in 2021. at the Dwellingup Community hall, at 45 McLarty Street.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwJe_FxcOP7JwMa-ctLhWNL4XwfuyJPwhjEImPRoQUNoQKYs1FuFFdGPBO95fIgNKguZkWopTjhCRyjMEuqG-PX19EZKIaWH1j9v4rc9FYzlEYWvYZtMxZ7k6Fj4r1azprg5sMI9rKyf5pcCR3TppcE3xO_OGVcC5oj1BVojmIsi1HEGjlVowdHtVd/s4624/20231229_113843.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwJe_FxcOP7JwMa-ctLhWNL4XwfuyJPwhjEImPRoQUNoQKYs1FuFFdGPBO95fIgNKguZkWopTjhCRyjMEuqG-PX19EZKIaWH1j9v4rc9FYzlEYWvYZtMxZ7k6Fj4r1azprg5sMI9rKyf5pcCR3TppcE3xO_OGVcC5oj1BVojmIsi1HEGjlVowdHtVd/w640-h480/20231229_113843.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvqEDeHKZyWVqAVLs4bCzPUkJcumY08XSexlVrKAKx2F5P46CrQ8xEyWaPXX4oMZFlGrUPzBzJGM7geoH1bGpOhi37LrjfkNVi-50X5nS73K-jKMr3Es5NLvSvSo_CoaeDCCk4sb27KWV3pAdEvAhEP1JOvBtLKrnAOoVk-v-RYNbsYyArSu48ndDT/s480/DSC02392s2000.jpg" style="clear: left; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: x-large; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="297" data-original-width="480" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvqEDeHKZyWVqAVLs4bCzPUkJcumY08XSexlVrKAKx2F5P46CrQ8xEyWaPXX4oMZFlGrUPzBzJGM7geoH1bGpOhi37LrjfkNVi-50X5nS73K-jKMr3Es5NLvSvSo_CoaeDCCk4sb27KWV3pAdEvAhEP1JOvBtLKrnAOoVk-v-RYNbsYyArSu48ndDT/w640-h396/DSC02392s2000.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(I've used a photo I found online as the one I took had a lot of people in front of it)<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBGL2CU8t0N9YrEV6uNGj6Yku3kcj-17NNuonmiiV4T_a4Qz3mMwCtgbAf5J5vftBJY0QEoNQX4_D_cE3cu9lA9tnjetN5UYahlHv3HlKFfWfCRXh4kRvon5oFEoFLV3x0qwyxldAdGjnTPu8EsGMkE4HftqJ8Z2GprC0vmXCw169ShfRjv9makSZo/s4624/20231229_113850.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBGL2CU8t0N9YrEV6uNGj6Yku3kcj-17NNuonmiiV4T_a4Qz3mMwCtgbAf5J5vftBJY0QEoNQX4_D_cE3cu9lA9tnjetN5UYahlHv3HlKFfWfCRXh4kRvon5oFEoFLV3x0qwyxldAdGjnTPu8EsGMkE4HftqJ8Z2GprC0vmXCw169ShfRjv9makSZo/w480-h640/20231229_113850.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Across the road was a mural of a horse, painted in April 2019 by another Perth artist, <b>James Giddy.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhris7yXUQhH424TJy92FLGSD5dy1sry3F8M4K5bMqKOKCEZQtsyZuzDJWaJwHXZygP1imQWWFTLJxgu1TAZptEGkTuApTPcrjxFPPajx_JoJwu-HPYS4-tWkrzQGHIIM21hQxtaHXI9RXSHBYdhE9zaiIB47ej88QgvAzEowgmSoq_oXGqer5ePPUp/s480/20231229_113229.jpg" style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="360" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhris7yXUQhH424TJy92FLGSD5dy1sry3F8M4K5bMqKOKCEZQtsyZuzDJWaJwHXZygP1imQWWFTLJxgu1TAZptEGkTuApTPcrjxFPPajx_JoJwu-HPYS4-tWkrzQGHIIM21hQxtaHXI9RXSHBYdhE9zaiIB47ej88QgvAzEowgmSoq_oXGqer5ePPUp/w480-h640/20231229_113229.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>
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font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;">I love murals and street art. If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;">this meme is </span><span style="text-align: justify;">for you. J</span><span style="text-align: justify;">ust follow the </span><b style="text-align: justify;">Linky</b><span style="text-align: justify;"> st</span><span style="text-align: justify;">eps below. Once you start looking you will find murals everywhere. </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #d9ead3; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;">The "Monday Mural" meme goes live on Monday at 12,01AM, Perth,Western Australian time. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to your mural finds this week.<br /></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Thanks Sami</span> </span></span></span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">On our way to Boddington, we were passing <b>Dwellingup</b> when I noticed a mural. I asked Jose to stop so I could take photos and around the corner I found another one, and opposite the street another two... so it was a productive visit mural wise :)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Another stunning mural from <b>Brenton See</b>, painted at the <b>Crossroads Gallery</b> in February 2021 - again featuring local fauna and flora.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWXcPg28uTCcEg0LtiK3Ujjs-GSiuLPFLe5AbT8QAnWCwRHF1zI035rb7quhXTpDnA4JBwUH5SOgejJHjWLqrSPkFZwT_ZTEPG12pmJhrgqcwy-Q7ybKWW2whAnH5b97wLRhpaHCJ01ZsHuIJGnyrfmuMCPgEc8KgRBN2xOO7dzmqsthTyAfPfq70/s480/20231229_113315.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="480" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWXcPg28uTCcEg0LtiK3Ujjs-GSiuLPFLe5AbT8QAnWCwRHF1zI035rb7quhXTpDnA4JBwUH5SOgejJHjWLqrSPkFZwT_ZTEPG12pmJhrgqcwy-Q7ybKWW2whAnH5b97wLRhpaHCJ01ZsHuIJGnyrfmuMCPgEc8KgRBN2xOO7dzmqsthTyAfPfq70/w640-h558/20231229_113315.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<!--end LinkyTools script-->Samihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467163627586022816noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858901934141711052.post-5883484436894889662024-01-17T16:48:00.002+08:002024-01-20T08:38:52.256+08:00December Wrap-up and Signs (Part 2)<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Following from last week's post, <a href="https://sami-colourfulworld.blogspot.com/2024/01/december-wrap-up-and-signs-part-1.html" target="_blank">which you can read here</a>:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Also participating <a href="http://backroadstraveller.blogspot.com/2024/01/signs2-bits-and-pieces.html" target="_blank">in Tom's signs</a>:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Friday 22nd</b> - On a 35C day we started our 2 week Christmas holidays. Time to start preparing Christmas lunch and prepare our patio where we would be having it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Monday 25th</b> - A very lively Christmas lunch at our place with about 20 adults and 6 kids. The kids had fun opening the gifts. Everyone brought food, so as usual plenty of food left over.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6r-BVC9cB7p75TA-roHrxiLxHvFQaNz0of5RiNKbgwiBJNlIxaiYk6OXICISsIPwnIRvS8oPJr8kZhp25bNZg3INj5sDV_O1C5TIfDQOPqYfNcJ_d5BuuHuptD3t3UR2gDU0KaKxvF2W9rG00ozgcILa-qH2ieBh-iyWiYxufsZndeBDiiZ5KDDyx/s4624/20231224_173806.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6r-BVC9cB7p75TA-roHrxiLxHvFQaNz0of5RiNKbgwiBJNlIxaiYk6OXICISsIPwnIRvS8oPJr8kZhp25bNZg3INj5sDV_O1C5TIfDQOPqYfNcJ_d5BuuHuptD3t3UR2gDU0KaKxvF2W9rG00ozgcILa-qH2ieBh-iyWiYxufsZndeBDiiZ5KDDyx/w480-h640/20231224_173806.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiic7QI18wyldKCPP-vo9ZWo8ZJv1x07f4iXE68MpbbVmmlY24DL-BpBHB_TMjhfZpLFWuZLiPLdP1ejkTS1ycKlpE8wqfTXkyAEDLJTFe_1SbxCdEgc2rgjQWkFaADIStj_R3qdoaOBTbbzGdiAETnvaEnG7vb2xC11SI_7apd6x6xpfJMIBznIDOv/s480/2023%20December27.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="480" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiic7QI18wyldKCPP-vo9ZWo8ZJv1x07f4iXE68MpbbVmmlY24DL-BpBHB_TMjhfZpLFWuZLiPLdP1ejkTS1ycKlpE8wqfTXkyAEDLJTFe_1SbxCdEgc2rgjQWkFaADIStj_R3qdoaOBTbbzGdiAETnvaEnG7vb2xC11SI_7apd6x6xpfJMIBznIDOv/w640-h384/2023%20December27.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plenty of food and never ending desserts</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Tuesday 26th</b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> - </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">A public holiday, the start of the Boxing day sales. We don't usually bother with these, as there's not much we need to buy, but this time we were looking for a dual fridge/freezer for our camper, and we went searching in a couple of specialized shops, but what we liked was too big for the space, so modifications are needed first...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Late afternoon we went to our friends I & K's </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">house for dinner and I discovered a new mural.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Wednesday </b><b>27th </b>- in the morning we packed our camper, and left home after lunch and drove to the "Tasman Serpentine Falls" camping park, about 1 hour away. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Strangely enough we had never visited Serpentine falls!</span></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWNaQRP-c2ZTIDpd6b7e_XUtjxIHqSSu62tb6ACsXNYC_M9Jiz2I0CFeSzeFM6FVS7we0JMsauYLetJs9ypjV9rqFuAzILWwQfkZYTe4-lpRo8hVfRQYAShb340LmdH3FYHn2R1kqkgWBHF_Wky5_vdR-ukKxMD1pN4VR8U9yilX0yxcwt75hi1mJ/s480/2023%20December26.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="480" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWNaQRP-c2ZTIDpd6b7e_XUtjxIHqSSu62tb6ACsXNYC_M9Jiz2I0CFeSzeFM6FVS7we0JMsauYLetJs9ypjV9rqFuAzILWwQfkZYTe4-lpRo8hVfRQYAShb340LmdH3FYHn2R1kqkgWBHF_Wky5_vdR-ukKxMD1pN4VR8U9yilX0yxcwt75hi1mJ/w640-h448/2023%20December26.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Upon arrival we set up our camper, made the bed and realized we had forgotten our pillows, and our comfy beach chairs. Luckily we had 2 small throw pillows that had to do for our first night.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Then we set about investigating the park. It was small, nicely located, surrounded by mountains, and had a retirement village behind it, accessible by the same entrance. The kitchen and bathrooms were on the older side, but clean and functional and there was a lovely pool with some shade, and we still had time to enjoy a refreshing swim.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKhdLd0sczjz6_ZPyPD_NEkpnN-WKO59kmSPn1o8u-rfuA8Hre4UWNHaS40IB6kgOM3DxWxitHIRQo1aoX1zviutCPZHgxHx0Xlqi3-kKLlqEH6c37kZeKrWOFOSHILyijcvEzunqysMzvw70U2sxKKFrHFkKC6zBLEC5IqPlskIbAlHhP8fkBQxY-/s4624/20231227_174455.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKhdLd0sczjz6_ZPyPD_NEkpnN-WKO59kmSPn1o8u-rfuA8Hre4UWNHaS40IB6kgOM3DxWxitHIRQo1aoX1zviutCPZHgxHx0Xlqi3-kKLlqEH6c37kZeKrWOFOSHILyijcvEzunqysMzvw70U2sxKKFrHFkKC6zBLEC5IqPlskIbAlHhP8fkBQxY-/w640-h480/20231227_174455.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from our camp stop. The pool is next to the building with the sun panels<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivdPIe5Glge9xKXkx2f8BtYMkKYEpzRAg_uDgxQkgSBzWn398gk8RC3UeTxPqBlhH3MuQ4vMeCgwvUWbVNCgiL4BY4jpAVeBKgg1m3AjW0UFQ56vwdqL1N03EAzcmHB2SlPASce6FT60lf3_0QeBmgxbKQXvBYNIGp9YxJ_SbF9SPQ6VgJ3qo1srbO/s4624/20231227_175000.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivdPIe5Glge9xKXkx2f8BtYMkKYEpzRAg_uDgxQkgSBzWn398gk8RC3UeTxPqBlhH3MuQ4vMeCgwvUWbVNCgiL4BY4jpAVeBKgg1m3AjW0UFQ56vwdqL1N03EAzcmHB2SlPASce6FT60lf3_0QeBmgxbKQXvBYNIGp9YxJ_SbF9SPQ6VgJ3qo1srbO/w480-h640/20231227_175000.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The swimming pool</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6pIi0zke7Aql_eT0eTWrdkS0qOiqHK62bqPu8z-gEubNEuEvos3ZL4KHH0BIk5D0yM5t8100DW442LuxKtb3CqmZWzzeQpXPylRcLe3dFxzMEyhL4NBhEA8AkxAFZ-O_NiiIv5PwfwYIeEAKdL-v6Oz9MXP7GOIL3OCX7c_hwLkUo7pqpMRYfOYj/s480/20231230_164302.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="360" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6pIi0zke7Aql_eT0eTWrdkS0qOiqHK62bqPu8z-gEubNEuEvos3ZL4KHH0BIk5D0yM5t8100DW442LuxKtb3CqmZWzzeQpXPylRcLe3dFxzMEyhL4NBhEA8AkxAFZ-O_NiiIv5PwfwYIeEAKdL-v6Oz9MXP7GOIL3OCX7c_hwLkUo7pqpMRYfOYj/w480-h640/20231230_164302.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of bunnies hopping around the park during the day and night</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">That night after eating the dinner we brought from home we went to bed early but were rudely woken up a few hours later by gusts of wind of 35km/h (force 5) that shook the camper, the sides and windows were just flapping like crazy! I thought we were going to topple any minute, pretty scary!</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpJbsTrBTTalmMj7XK4uVi8oh2AfjfR5xzstGV0xCe6yQVDpmZhloJm7-4QEhbO-b1vgQHsGjkrGOCTQwGDVqLvcvvuTZGs6oK7B-FXGZiBnibZ9ZUM0S4nck0H00gvl52s2RtyJZEPqUpzDzkOdu8WvVf5k4Co7E3wb0CTyzV6m_Ue0kUMfX345Z/s480/20231231_160727.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="360" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpJbsTrBTTalmMj7XK4uVi8oh2AfjfR5xzstGV0xCe6yQVDpmZhloJm7-4QEhbO-b1vgQHsGjkrGOCTQwGDVqLvcvvuTZGs6oK7B-FXGZiBnibZ9ZUM0S4nck0H00gvl52s2RtyJZEPqUpzDzkOdu8WvVf5k4Co7E3wb0CTyzV6m_Ue0kUMfX345Z/w480-h640/20231231_160727.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wind warning outside the kitchen</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">After about half an hour of this, Jose was ready to drive home to sleep and return the next day. But we stayed....and even though the camp was in the vale surrounded by the mountains, the wind returned every night for the first 3 nights! We would just wake up and wait for it to get better a couple of hours later.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Thursday </b><b>28th </b> - at lunch time we drove 20min to meet up our friend C who lives in Tasmania and was over here to spend Christmas with her daughter in the suburb of Baldivis. We had lunch at Steel Tree@Settlers and spent a couple of hours catching up with news since our last meeting in December last year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">On the way home we stopped at the local Shopping Centre to buy pillows and beach chairs 🤣.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Q_tlJok-w8wJUAq_QHS4h9vvvfSBkiTYQgmimGASi13uTZoGjb-3ltOVBI36L732RWJYZLlKxZ9bcKgYcCThI27UkhZ_IKxG2yRqE-d_n60ictkThirF35tna5rvfCKttmiWsPX7zPZ-QODlEpBZEKRpLmXybW6BhIBoJVi_XDCLr5_cY_QPKyGi/s480/20231230_161017.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="360" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Q_tlJok-w8wJUAq_QHS4h9vvvfSBkiTYQgmimGASi13uTZoGjb-3ltOVBI36L732RWJYZLlKxZ9bcKgYcCThI27UkhZ_IKxG2yRqE-d_n60ictkThirF35tna5rvfCKttmiWsPX7zPZ-QODlEpBZEKRpLmXybW6BhIBoJVi_XDCLr5_cY_QPKyGi/w480-h640/20231230_161017.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A funny sign on the road to Baldivis near a golf course</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Friday </b><b>29th </b> - Drove to <b>Boddington</b>, stopping first a <b><a href="https://sami-colourfulworld.blogspot.com/2024/01/monday-murals-fauna-and-flora-in-north.html" target="_blank">North Dandenup</a></b> to photograph the beautiful mural on the water tower (from last post), then when we drove past <b>Dwellingup</b>, I spotted one mural, and then another... saw four of them, then onto the bauxite and gold mining town of Boddington.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The pretty town of Boddington, is 120km south of Perth, and the closest mining town to Perth with a population of about 1900.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We stopped for coffee and cake before looking around.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFyYdJhhr2XTurETX-ZPwJW2IlQ2QXu8UOD43JWWattleC7pzdJbU8Abtrq3NSX8YovewRhGmixsEzSltbkXehz4LCYIYVQssiEEN7C0Gs5Faz04I6M9_reEMi_Zib04c0RIm-tH94sSPcISmOf0tcHo5hSxWQAMvJ_rdJQTLSoHt797LPUNyAWmE5/s480/20231229_124527.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="360" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFyYdJhhr2XTurETX-ZPwJW2IlQ2QXu8UOD43JWWattleC7pzdJbU8Abtrq3NSX8YovewRhGmixsEzSltbkXehz4LCYIYVQssiEEN7C0Gs5Faz04I6M9_reEMi_Zib04c0RIm-tH94sSPcISmOf0tcHo5hSxWQAMvJ_rdJQTLSoHt797LPUNyAWmE5/w480-h640/20231229_124527.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9MTyRGopaCi3Ow4gbw6xSvI-Pr9e37vuQiUnL4bNt8bKZ1PnI5onHOgGDyZq1SBKNeeDW2TBhQtgzVCqg8_Ci4ap8ysChhA-hF8ji0aFEycHzNDC9I8MHNTfgm2-CrU1M7zh7It_71hS8E26-Y9NTure5htfRVc_NNNke3fabw85DPNjtEcf_AMJg/s480/2023%20December9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="480" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9MTyRGopaCi3Ow4gbw6xSvI-Pr9e37vuQiUnL4bNt8bKZ1PnI5onHOgGDyZq1SBKNeeDW2TBhQtgzVCqg8_Ci4ap8ysChhA-hF8ji0aFEycHzNDC9I8MHNTfgm2-CrU1M7zh7It_71hS8E26-Y9NTure5htfRVc_NNNke3fabw85DPNjtEcf_AMJg/w640-h384/2023%20December9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A collector's paradise inside the coffee shop. The cake was plentiful</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanJktiOeof5fZQmL4meuhH_FJTRwtbAKkVJSD3FCeRDsQP6YoKk_JVfAdofTJhdbJCx8eHHXXcZgKilDpC8T2A6icOlG_wUWiDweg1VUZ2hBfAvybSWSKlNzBBuwx0mzqDL75Tozbm_Z5_lFxfG1K59lTEgYz_RK2jI6VJQ-bQ1zaAQC7kixaine4/s480/20231229_121321.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="480" height="614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanJktiOeof5fZQmL4meuhH_FJTRwtbAKkVJSD3FCeRDsQP6YoKk_JVfAdofTJhdbJCx8eHHXXcZgKilDpC8T2A6icOlG_wUWiDweg1VUZ2hBfAvybSWSKlNzBBuwx0mzqDL75Tozbm_Z5_lFxfG1K59lTEgYz_RK2jI6VJQ-bQ1zaAQC7kixaine4/w640-h614/20231229_121321.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The red tailed black cockatoos that are plentiful in the town<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>We walked along the lovely Hotham river where you can swim. Next to it is a camping place. Then there is Hotham Park - a very modern park - voted </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;">WA Park of the Year in 2022, where </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;">children can explore their wild sides with the flying fox, pump track and skate park, adults can play basketball on the half court, or try out some of the outdoor gym equipment, have a barbecue or picnic by the river, or sit at on the foreshore.</span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT7i-6LHEbMn0TLRxVtVqToYPoWKK3JeWgBE49ORiCSG9tIc2Ft_LVFLuaKEPIndHi72h5-c2TXyuiEQmDz9b-B19E0OCXHPJCrYHyqBPuQvIQcsBwJEFwmsunrKol_2tA1QN04HxaVsGpyhfoq2oYGouhsKO0yVtYQaQ13o3g90_hJv-ObR4lOXOB/s480/2023%20December16.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="480" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT7i-6LHEbMn0TLRxVtVqToYPoWKK3JeWgBE49ORiCSG9tIc2Ft_LVFLuaKEPIndHi72h5-c2TXyuiEQmDz9b-B19E0OCXHPJCrYHyqBPuQvIQcsBwJEFwmsunrKol_2tA1QN04HxaVsGpyhfoq2oYGouhsKO0yVtYQaQ13o3g90_hJv-ObR4lOXOB/w640-h384/2023%20December16.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hotham river and park<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The Visitor centre/library/cafe, had an Interpretation room, sort of a small museum about the history of the town, with great info highs and lows of the town and some old machines.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYKby2-_nhqASGsuGwiRvrH8knQ4XIeMwmKIxKEhfnsZuBUNjFUtF4NsRIc8Hq66II5dv3couPKLaPc6FR9KObu_Dai2T0hMLpGKNXSZ8kp9Qps6P8IunOdYHBEXuoqkykEHIG2thM0aykOnWFlqxscI-NuKHfGc1p7ffPX4fGZLd7haedwL_ZdbsM/s480/2023%20December13.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="480" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYKby2-_nhqASGsuGwiRvrH8knQ4XIeMwmKIxKEhfnsZuBUNjFUtF4NsRIc8Hq66II5dv3couPKLaPc6FR9KObu_Dai2T0hMLpGKNXSZ8kp9Qps6P8IunOdYHBEXuoqkykEHIG2thM0aykOnWFlqxscI-NuKHfGc1p7ffPX4fGZLd7haedwL_ZdbsM/w640-h384/2023%20December13.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Museum at the Visitor centre<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKWWXR9-pG-W0KWRFkePB8SVJoC_Dg1KqRykpJjdgUsZNj16lSpOvvQuYbLbXAbhLBPPIkSSb0nmpw5UG9um5PAwuSmyI2V5wqqNJKP4ThXnjWrUdTvR6uR2c_xMmS0KjctCVSZLbmQV65eIQhDeYblzgDUFlECN0eg3tn8E1bq7Ap-soWpvqFWOT3/s480/2023%20December12.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="480" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKWWXR9-pG-W0KWRFkePB8SVJoC_Dg1KqRykpJjdgUsZNj16lSpOvvQuYbLbXAbhLBPPIkSSb0nmpw5UG9um5PAwuSmyI2V5wqqNJKP4ThXnjWrUdTvR6uR2c_xMmS0KjctCVSZLbmQV65eIQhDeYblzgDUFlECN0eg3tn8E1bq7Ap-soWpvqFWOT3/w640-h384/2023%20December12.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mosaic panel at the Visitor Centre<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Another quirky characteristic of the town, is they holds a <b>3 day Rodeo</b> on the first weekend of November, and it also holds a<b> </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b>biannual sculpture competition</b> which attracts artists from near and far, which is displayed to the public every second year in October. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">A public exhibition features lots of sculptures throughout the Boddington Town Centre with the winning entries, and you can get a sculpture trail map, from the Visitor centre.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTM7mBH6xRSlM4dzGkYvDAFP2YYuUUAcu3Q2EZ9mCRHdmDaJPSmsLdf64ESiz8PshBoUgvSP-f4mQQpGUAOCN4C8y8IH8IF5_L-JAPrczzIMQxiKWBj3SVMS-PTmd3Utyx_CHRqGRAWjkvZphtWazl90T_OdI-mxBZUYquNHE7Ru-C6fRWgOCjQuZY/s480/2023%20December10.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="480" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTM7mBH6xRSlM4dzGkYvDAFP2YYuUUAcu3Q2EZ9mCRHdmDaJPSmsLdf64ESiz8PshBoUgvSP-f4mQQpGUAOCN4C8y8IH8IF5_L-JAPrczzIMQxiKWBj3SVMS-PTmd3Utyx_CHRqGRAWjkvZphtWazl90T_OdI-mxBZUYquNHE7Ru-C6fRWgOCjQuZY/w640-h384/2023%20December10.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0WGdLZP8V4v1JkgAlYH5WRdrdZej16d1b8GDZoKiLpZSZMymPMIL6B7RCB_7eMmD8ydg6HUpafAl-xfBTx5OXViEX8fgkOf0UFut4V4n_5-h61hOUFfuHrvW55SV3QFCWsc5u2xa8wJM0-tID_4M_AHxd_1bfRE4vlQpfg9K7SVf-2nA3UjzipwN3/s480/2023%20December14.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="480" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0WGdLZP8V4v1JkgAlYH5WRdrdZej16d1b8GDZoKiLpZSZMymPMIL6B7RCB_7eMmD8ydg6HUpafAl-xfBTx5OXViEX8fgkOf0UFut4V4n_5-h61hOUFfuHrvW55SV3QFCWsc5u2xa8wJM0-tID_4M_AHxd_1bfRE4vlQpfg9K7SVf-2nA3UjzipwN3/w640-h256/2023%20December14.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_I9sXqyegybmzq3VHiHjNaOURtVrPnL0dOR6X7s3tD2Z8p6oXpsSkkYUgd5gsbT8TmOI9nPUrcy8uXgfocJHrV04xYncPMvbhX_6tnv_7MFB1C5YopbfxH8D1xLm8f8dIdHT-IbYeI-uRBZaeagH7BPxAVUjn4iRXcsZt9p969uByhyGaipgaYyV3/s480/2023%20December15.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="480" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_I9sXqyegybmzq3VHiHjNaOURtVrPnL0dOR6X7s3tD2Z8p6oXpsSkkYUgd5gsbT8TmOI9nPUrcy8uXgfocJHrV04xYncPMvbhX_6tnv_7MFB1C5YopbfxH8D1xLm8f8dIdHT-IbYeI-uRBZaeagH7BPxAVUjn4iRXcsZt9p969uByhyGaipgaYyV3/w640-h384/2023%20December15.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Remember the owl statue from last week's mural at the Melville library. This is a very similar one, which I think might have been made by the same sculptor. This one was at the entry to the Visitor's Centre - <a href="https://sami-colourfulworld.blogspot.com/2024/01/monday-murals-everything-melville.html">https://sami-colourfulworld.blogspot.com/2024/01/monday-murals-everything-melville.html</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6QC2Q9Ip-W5e4iL-1BR62wD5q7EoswW3yj-ONPSWU-mlAET3aDKrZi5Nkr1fg9mDSYFVhBTCJ3u-55V97i_eNRpbC-H1klzCC1Cd-skFMgInOmF2p3C9ylzTYsiDVXdSLs4VpWjdLz11_v7CXcXdKhVOqJnwIkkXNd7U2qxTfb4oXpK18xYJzyd5F/s480/20231229_125040-001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="360" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6QC2Q9Ip-W5e4iL-1BR62wD5q7EoswW3yj-ONPSWU-mlAET3aDKrZi5Nkr1fg9mDSYFVhBTCJ3u-55V97i_eNRpbC-H1klzCC1Cd-skFMgInOmF2p3C9ylzTYsiDVXdSLs4VpWjdLz11_v7CXcXdKhVOqJnwIkkXNd7U2qxTfb4oXpK18xYJzyd5F/w480-h640/20231229_125040-001.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">From some outdated online information I thought we could visit the gold mining pit, but it had been closed to visitors a few years ago. This sign was on the road from the pit back into the town.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizsfiq32ueNr1l_dp7CEMFn4Vrx_tFiDbJuPSdiXWhp_u5m47YijmfByMOweYceiWxtqBb2k33aiHt9N-o7PpaOjwwl9O0LjEAoBorEYlczMqjnsDuqRPvFQBI_3ePpNn76-Qv9M52J99b7jopfM9kktoK98l3WMxVxE_iUu18ssgANpVHLTwM1_KR/s480/20231229_135103.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="266" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizsfiq32ueNr1l_dp7CEMFn4Vrx_tFiDbJuPSdiXWhp_u5m47YijmfByMOweYceiWxtqBb2k33aiHt9N-o7PpaOjwwl9O0LjEAoBorEYlczMqjnsDuqRPvFQBI_3ePpNn76-Qv9M52J99b7jopfM9kktoK98l3WMxVxE_iUu18ssgANpVHLTwM1_KR/w354-h640/20231229_135103.jpg" width="354" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Late afternoon, upon our return to camp, we went to dinner at the pub at </span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Mundijong</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">, a small town just 7 min away. We went to the IGA, an independent grocer, and it was the most beautiful shop I have been to, very surprising for such a tiny town, with loads of choice of ready make foods.</span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFUM3dU-x-jpr7PdKmzNqPMvyQ2xDGGeVhadGSb-jeWPAO09zSa1C5a-VGfJY5Mzgte3qZC6YxcasXkASRX6qT9mhBfss4BJh-2CmfQyB6DefpJdpl3l-hSfydoDSrzGmaSHHDW99YokAsMgGXcmM8Ntd-kCHcVxPTRpKd0jueBFiu6mL5v4INkr1Y/s480/20231230_093721.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="480" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFUM3dU-x-jpr7PdKmzNqPMvyQ2xDGGeVhadGSb-jeWPAO09zSa1C5a-VGfJY5Mzgte3qZC6YxcasXkASRX6qT9mhBfss4BJh-2CmfQyB6DefpJdpl3l-hSfydoDSrzGmaSHHDW99YokAsMgGXcmM8Ntd-kCHcVxPTRpKd0jueBFiu6mL5v4INkr1Y/w640-h544/20231230_093721.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sign at the IGA</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0mrsPwn3eP_GtN5FlQGFdmN6LoDfkUXrpsp7Yh4IyrQWZLQMRAtgpQxGdaBEu_rdaVnAPqTM1KJoAp98m7PZH31qtQ8kohvXe7uUZip8ExqPO-CFTblsHdKmgrAS3MIiYqDPZcutyhlOklgjPv1zvk_oPQjqI-07tuVUijBFvnRGOmhxBut-BEtJh/s480/20231230_094913.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="480" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0mrsPwn3eP_GtN5FlQGFdmN6LoDfkUXrpsp7Yh4IyrQWZLQMRAtgpQxGdaBEu_rdaVnAPqTM1KJoAp98m7PZH31qtQ8kohvXe7uUZip8ExqPO-CFTblsHdKmgrAS3MIiYqDPZcutyhlOklgjPv1zvk_oPQjqI-07tuVUijBFvnRGOmhxBut-BEtJh/w640-h450/20231230_094913.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This American police car from 1963 was in great nick and we spoke to the owner who restored it himself<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">Fish and chips at the pub was ok, but the place was a bit rough. The best part was the live music, as the musician was a good singer.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivg1XKPQzjDU0c7FZsabKucJaXtwQEoyZJlQZSx6s2RJ8lIJXk-LhDvnSJoGSGxS978KoFcR1PLdN5oUt1EGEfcrvhEnsKzZi5dfG9C1vQTLyTKK4F-rmwLg0anNWFlBFxNp1lAVpHAnv_xJfqBdWIXC323vUb7rnO3tQzOhixSFKk2IPJNnbqs3Mo/s480/20231229_195454.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivg1XKPQzjDU0c7FZsabKucJaXtwQEoyZJlQZSx6s2RJ8lIJXk-LhDvnSJoGSGxS978KoFcR1PLdN5oUt1EGEfcrvhEnsKzZi5dfG9C1vQTLyTKK4F-rmwLg0anNWFlBFxNp1lAVpHAnv_xJfqBdWIXC323vUb7rnO3tQzOhixSFKk2IPJNnbqs3Mo/w640-h480/20231229_195454.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fish and chips at the pub</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: justify;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: justify;"><br /><b>Saturday 30th</b> - We drove to the historic town of <b>Jarrahdale,</b> Western Australia's first timber town. It was here that our group had our olive oil pressed in June last year, but I didn't have then the opportunity to drive around. </span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh0BmV7QJz0rSXWeoq77uu2qiBkG4S_JDc8uQY89jFjyN7Bd5YDpCGmRRrSnw668kaFGZ5ZHky8figVNnS1CUb4vq-DYqdvhJqLhnbVML6R_84mVERSoETWbUL5lCxzOKmvQC_D2PIKFMWctT1ueaot6zsxx5q7sxvUECOa9Ni-_geBR_xb1YlnQCq/s480/2023%20December17.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="480" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh0BmV7QJz0rSXWeoq77uu2qiBkG4S_JDc8uQY89jFjyN7Bd5YDpCGmRRrSnw668kaFGZ5ZHky8figVNnS1CUb4vq-DYqdvhJqLhnbVML6R_84mVERSoETWbUL5lCxzOKmvQC_D2PIKFMWctT1ueaot6zsxx5q7sxvUECOa9Ni-_geBR_xb1YlnQCq/w640-h384/2023%20December17.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old cemetery<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg0FsOvV4iyQEpivku9j036tmSYzO6rzvb1Z1eQ-SvSKyd5QibGpZABL470-xC8i-zYn139CYUn7crPWXXt7H9nixTuLXb4UyZjQ7GkgJBitp1SLXM-lXEVcvWVzqO23uhli-95wz6G5QhlqqXTOLpaOwYCdp_7qPtKRAwaNRWS1RKq4oVAo7xLeQc/s480/2023%20December18.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="480" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg0FsOvV4iyQEpivku9j036tmSYzO6rzvb1Z1eQ-SvSKyd5QibGpZABL470-xC8i-zYn139CYUn7crPWXXt7H9nixTuLXb4UyZjQ7GkgJBitp1SLXM-lXEVcvWVzqO23uhli-95wz6G5QhlqqXTOLpaOwYCdp_7qPtKRAwaNRWS1RKq4oVAo7xLeQc/w640-h256/2023%20December18.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Millbrook Winery was closed for holidays</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">We drove to </span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Serpentine Dam</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"> ;</span></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKpIWPsVQGUUGQ-5QCDs6tcXSSMCZNChyqJDOLT0X4dcjCLZnEmCjvDwBZBG0ZGFw5Rtod5c-Rxe9wvRkWg4u-Kgoi2d2ePBGlmaRW4QlcJUkpwiRRR2oD-ohyK3Zzxr6fB_r5jKBVizRLZ_QEFFt19b7ghPkPZhwrxQrZksZpqQeJ5sByitRSoRUt/s480/20231230_104314-001.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKpIWPsVQGUUGQ-5QCDs6tcXSSMCZNChyqJDOLT0X4dcjCLZnEmCjvDwBZBG0ZGFw5Rtod5c-Rxe9wvRkWg4u-Kgoi2d2ePBGlmaRW4QlcJUkpwiRRR2oD-ohyK3Zzxr6fB_r5jKBVizRLZ_QEFFt19b7ghPkPZhwrxQrZksZpqQeJ5sByitRSoRUt/w640-h480/20231230_104314-001.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Ey8CMuvYTqkp1N4II3bEgeviPZXXnPuVwQn_r98llGCFI6l0Y4RmN79mbVEylGz-C-sk7RpkCO1lUFuCe_HeQwenSLdhhc_QkuLDsQWnB2HWxdYnJ7oUHD0ul0XkQXv7fwEI3ejY3r8daitHfYuqC2cS2EC3M9Fb-S9RZa-Lo2BimSnfxGAOX5KS/s480/20231228_181322.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="423" data-original-width="480" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Ey8CMuvYTqkp1N4II3bEgeviPZXXnPuVwQn_r98llGCFI6l0Y4RmN79mbVEylGz-C-sk7RpkCO1lUFuCe_HeQwenSLdhhc_QkuLDsQWnB2HWxdYnJ7oUHD0ul0XkQXv7fwEI3ejY3r8daitHfYuqC2cS2EC3M9Fb-S9RZa-Lo2BimSnfxGAOX5KS/w640-h564/20231228_181322.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A field of llamas before reaching the entrance to the Serpentine national park<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirbVo6RrTaYU0UssW2HGCOBum0A7rwNkLGlXtTMW-Nb0VwkWjUhWRAVXQY2arD2VLJRKtxDJX5LK_ow9Z1fTm4sSuB7l8SOWu8hk2zlbEmUtNJeJUVQyWxNPq8MrGRm1C7RZPh5PncdiMcHVjr4vbNfvdAyvN63jn3b-uHGe7ewf0UoyOfdq0e8man/s480/20231228_181341.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="360" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirbVo6RrTaYU0UssW2HGCOBum0A7rwNkLGlXtTMW-Nb0VwkWjUhWRAVXQY2arD2VLJRKtxDJX5LK_ow9Z1fTm4sSuB7l8SOWu8hk2zlbEmUtNJeJUVQyWxNPq8MrGRm1C7RZPh5PncdiMcHVjr4vbNfvdAyvN63jn3b-uHGe7ewf0UoyOfdq0e8man/w480-h640/20231228_181341.jpg" width="480" /></a><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3cCz1a7WMWfQlkIXqeCwTTQonJVmsNgjfMcfG8jos82Gat2kdVfQraFd-QUo87WImSzBfKGDt3jUchX66EfN9gAEVqBZm9ghFhB6L5dwYPFu0yldfyVyX6BcH2Yrbxc9fqGgnlyNMdIAhPvtSMTYVsJVHFUW2XKSVt4aG5ElGN0USipoF9K7uYRYP/s480/20231228_180849.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="480" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3cCz1a7WMWfQlkIXqeCwTTQonJVmsNgjfMcfG8jos82Gat2kdVfQraFd-QUo87WImSzBfKGDt3jUchX66EfN9gAEVqBZm9ghFhB6L5dwYPFu0yldfyVyX6BcH2Yrbxc9fqGgnlyNMdIAhPvtSMTYVsJVHFUW2XKSVt4aG5ElGN0USipoF9K7uYRYP/w640-h350/20231228_180849.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Small church on the road to Serpentine Falls<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">And to </span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Serpentine </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Falls,</b> where we paid $15 pass for the car to enter the National Park. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We parked the car, and walked to the falls, where we had a great time swimming around. The water was cold at first, but once inside it was divine! I stuck to the margins of the lake as the park ranger told us the depth in some areas was something like 40 metres!</span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCVpKyn4q13UQPoNyWWdZhhM7u1q8EHGiny5-JE-P3EVpLe32h7huIz0AidZPQqfcJuPZ6NIeDHJ_FA7FeV7I5vH5z70-RsD8t4T0FwvS3KGtpOjD6xlLdnuUuFWVpFpRvbsugHis5CnrrRcbtBfnLjkoMOQr97zfdPHGZqCOleIZ7S3wTJ7VCiseb/s480/2023%20December19.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="480" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCVpKyn4q13UQPoNyWWdZhhM7u1q8EHGiny5-JE-P3EVpLe32h7huIz0AidZPQqfcJuPZ6NIeDHJ_FA7FeV7I5vH5z70-RsD8t4T0FwvS3KGtpOjD6xlLdnuUuFWVpFpRvbsugHis5CnrrRcbtBfnLjkoMOQr97zfdPHGZqCOleIZ7S3wTJ7VCiseb/w640-h384/2023%20December19.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the bbq/picnic spot before reaching the fall, this young kangaroo was quietly resting surrounded by people<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNAcYsRkBb8ChI_lLmL_PMDd-dVQpj7ovJnUKV677VyWDAEW7D2HJPgu8aspRYl5Tv4dvwmE0g2lfcfWNg4IcDeUl_SsLrDW_xPbD73E7Ld8ihUddz0ikpZ8tcCvW_WLmmpkUqrzGUF0O4z_aC_u-Chr_XKkt56vAKqmlPaWxhxYtV-9QmpUbkhksu/s480/20231230_133227.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNAcYsRkBb8ChI_lLmL_PMDd-dVQpj7ovJnUKV677VyWDAEW7D2HJPgu8aspRYl5Tv4dvwmE0g2lfcfWNg4IcDeUl_SsLrDW_xPbD73E7Ld8ihUddz0ikpZ8tcCvW_WLmmpkUqrzGUF0O4z_aC_u-Chr_XKkt56vAKqmlPaWxhxYtV-9QmpUbkhksu/w640-h480/20231230_133227.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWiDEoi7bmEsooPQ8sjAkRN4aAdVCWKYSF-UUABh9RyMXUlVrCgBehp24ZKYLnDyIV1-xM9i_EjDWYQKVMLjSz3-bgegp54xfPYeEIXgWQEeK0B6wYcxQ9AMrJsXCvYp7kIWTu1RXt3D3p8xjMidhtRlUp0Mi4W5tfL6sB7Fw1DQbV7X-BGcQF63ZO/s480/20231230_124214.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWiDEoi7bmEsooPQ8sjAkRN4aAdVCWKYSF-UUABh9RyMXUlVrCgBehp24ZKYLnDyIV1-xM9i_EjDWYQKVMLjSz3-bgegp54xfPYeEIXgWQEeK0B6wYcxQ9AMrJsXCvYp7kIWTu1RXt3D3p8xjMidhtRlUp0Mi4W5tfL6sB7Fw1DQbV7X-BGcQF63ZO/w640-h480/20231230_124214.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: georgia;">31st Sunday</b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> - Swam in the camp's pool in the morning. Late afternoon we drove to Mandurah to watch the 9pm fireworks on the foreshore.</span></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5seyMcf6uiR7gq59WuUuseLA6y1jlmMU7qCK2iENiFHdBtPE-7_Zjs1y-JS8cSAF4oYZ4dH7DbSNioDwDm-TcaqlalCW827lf99-vm7JGJ0rNUyB3NONs0rpfKfDR7JHxp_eJL1yi1soHH2NINJq5k1tJGCSMM58Vt8QlPulbB3XYNk2qJ3GFBQp/s480/20231231_184713.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5seyMcf6uiR7gq59WuUuseLA6y1jlmMU7qCK2iENiFHdBtPE-7_Zjs1y-JS8cSAF4oYZ4dH7DbSNioDwDm-TcaqlalCW827lf99-vm7JGJ0rNUyB3NONs0rpfKfDR7JHxp_eJL1yi1soHH2NINJq5k1tJGCSMM58Vt8QlPulbB3XYNk2qJ3GFBQp/w640-h480/20231231_184713.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhapM6TvW_Wo8wAkrcB3fgn1K4YIl7Cm1DRfRCNlpvO2xZJNkQ4CQpVrP857Sr1CoqT-6bjMGp6zK67zkOEPbHzA2BHa60DdZxadaeY_jkt_XgmPFTSaP44YlPKDcUH_t96YeUtzL0oS7Wo8fqznnhmBk9ZeS2VXELagRK8jb5x0hGSNE8QqIBBIAx1/s480/20231231_212355.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhapM6TvW_Wo8wAkrcB3fgn1K4YIl7Cm1DRfRCNlpvO2xZJNkQ4CQpVrP857Sr1CoqT-6bjMGp6zK67zkOEPbHzA2BHa60DdZxadaeY_jkt_XgmPFTSaP44YlPKDcUH_t96YeUtzL0oS7Wo8fqznnhmBk9ZeS2VXELagRK8jb5x0hGSNE8QqIBBIAx1/w640-h480/20231231_212355.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A mural painted in 2017 by <b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">Tahnee Kelland (</b><a href="https://sami-colourfulworld.blogspot.com/2020/08/monday-mural-swing.html">https://sami-colourfulworld.blogspot.com/2020/08/monday-mural-swing.html</a>)<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmUkrw1iHeQ_mg_ftkRRW2YNz2bz-rdTqb5Xrv4QEc30w36aChyphenhyphenJdYK3oEpiU6u-0HcxXjqbbomtLSBN2dPQShvzsqtxDjlAUZ1Fv0eKX4s1RJfi8xIfMJkVTaSpbnd5VINLuSwkS64FJKCZqWuwVTjtLomr58nmugrk0uAya3ZCHSzWdrQD8wI-l1/s480/2023%20December23.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="306" data-original-width="480" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmUkrw1iHeQ_mg_ftkRRW2YNz2bz-rdTqb5Xrv4QEc30w36aChyphenhyphenJdYK3oEpiU6u-0HcxXjqbbomtLSBN2dPQShvzsqtxDjlAUZ1Fv0eKX4s1RJfi8xIfMJkVTaSpbnd5VINLuSwkS64FJKCZqWuwVTjtLomr58nmugrk0uAya3ZCHSzWdrQD8wI-l1/w640-h408/2023%20December23.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At Mandurah waiting for the fireworks - the last sunset of the year<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVocZLJU7WN35Rl4XeCxuNZZWteLXYkMdvoF0DrcduNQtXHOwJg_pWlpO2ti2ImihsLKo3a6xt_wdO3ylk1n4vDM6fTFjGWCNXwRj_84WYpS1rbq3NGjS9CAknKeacjVRXVrAGrpuyltSSA7t6bvpjsINWBGMggD4LtvJPIm82qR4369tpuZ5CEflP/s480/2023%20December22.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="306" data-original-width="480" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVocZLJU7WN35Rl4XeCxuNZZWteLXYkMdvoF0DrcduNQtXHOwJg_pWlpO2ti2ImihsLKo3a6xt_wdO3ylk1n4vDM6fTFjGWCNXwRj_84WYpS1rbq3NGjS9CAknKeacjVRXVrAGrpuyltSSA7t6bvpjsINWBGMggD4LtvJPIm82qR4369tpuZ5CEflP/w640-h408/2023%20December22.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christmas lights at the foreshore<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjan-hqZuk9Bdf2bEPARD-_i_I-4BsDeqGHP01qxfylh7emk7K3Qwa8XYIZWlMVInmYXJFzec0t-Nhh5O3WsZo7-16Q9hY4dKwn_cKX4jfxihGiDrtFBhed3WjeZIpFhTJbDyhR-OycoTYTeZHLCf978XMHjGSF9yiEXrcbKvnUGtt3DYBV3N2RxD-Q/s480/2023%20December24.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="480" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjan-hqZuk9Bdf2bEPARD-_i_I-4BsDeqGHP01qxfylh7emk7K3Qwa8XYIZWlMVInmYXJFzec0t-Nhh5O3WsZo7-16Q9hY4dKwn_cKX4jfxihGiDrtFBhed3WjeZIpFhTJbDyhR-OycoTYTeZHLCf978XMHjGSF9yiEXrcbKvnUGtt3DYBV3N2RxD-Q/w640-h448/2023%20December24.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fireworks at the foreshore<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Back to the car, it took us ages to leave the parking lot as we were parking almost up front and had to wait for the rows and rows of cars that came after us... but eventually we got back to the camping place at 11,30. Just called my parents and went to bed. We forgot the bubbly, so no toast to the New Year</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> 😏.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Happy New Year to you all!</span></div>Samihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467163627586022816noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858901934141711052.post-24029108574725821712024-01-15T00:01:00.002+08:002024-03-03T23:08:47.950+08:00Monday Murals - Fauna and Flora in North Dandalup<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;">I love murals and street art. If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;">this meme is </span><span style="text-align: justify;">for you. J</span><span style="text-align: justify;">ust follow the </span><b style="text-align: justify;">Linky</b><span style="text-align: justify;"> st</span><span style="text-align: justify;">eps below. Once you start looking you will find murals everywhere. <br /></span></span></span><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;">The "Monday Mural" meme goes live on Monday at 12,01AM, Perth,Western Australian time. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to your mural finds this week.<br /></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Thanks Sami</span> </span></span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The day after the start of our holiday at Serpentine Falls, we drove to the gold mining town of Boddington, about 1h away, and on the way we stopped twice as I spotted murals.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This was the first one just 15 minutes down the road, in the town of <b>North Dandalup</b>, along the South West Highway, next to the North Dandalup Memorial Hall.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It was painted in a water tank by the very talented Perth artist <b>Brenton See</b>, in February 2021. <span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;">It features native flora and fauna to the local area - the Western Pygmy Possum and a female Red-Trailed Black Cockatoo in flight.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; 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<!--end LinkyTools script-->Samihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467163627586022816noreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858901934141711052.post-50577996988872127612024-01-10T14:30:00.007+08:002024-01-10T17:02:44.238+08:00December Wrap-up and Signs (Part 1)<p><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">To check other signs from around the world <a href="http://backroadstraveller.blogspot.com/2024/01/signs2-vee-blades.html" target="_blank">please check Tom's blog</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It</span><b style="font-family: georgia;"> </b><span style="font-family: georgia;">was a month full of events as per usual in December...</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Friday 1st December</b> - a busy day, that started with a coffee at Praline - a French Cafe, with the daughter of a friend of my Mom's who has lived in Perth for a couple of years, but only recently did my Mom let me know. It was a lovely meeting with someone who was also born in Mozambique and who also travelled the world with her husband's job.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">In the evening we attended Jose's company </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Christmas dinner at </span><b style="font-family: georgia;">Optus Stadium.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Jose has been working in that company for 3 years and it was the first time partners were invited to the Christmas dinner, and it was a huge event with about 100 people. A young man played the guitar and sang, while we had dinner. We sat at a table of young people, most from South America and we had a pleasant evening getting to know them and what brought them to Australia. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO32yVY8Ls5r4cOmxNVNqBGjXhFvFbPHGUaakDV3UJtdNpZKmvGnIkGjwVeYanE_8rhne2QyPbhnbjfITTArzuJXem_gYxSbr63uIoaCOQJOmxrOri0qlmV2l8JwUgrADalGWzS63aAZeR8zqIDySF35xFdMvjVFRJrjJf7btNMUZf3gPZjUyfG3PJ/s480/2023%20December.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="480" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO32yVY8Ls5r4cOmxNVNqBGjXhFvFbPHGUaakDV3UJtdNpZKmvGnIkGjwVeYanE_8rhne2QyPbhnbjfITTArzuJXem_gYxSbr63uIoaCOQJOmxrOri0qlmV2l8JwUgrADalGWzS63aAZeR8zqIDySF35xFdMvjVFRJrjJf7btNMUZf3gPZjUyfG3PJ/w640-h534/2023%20December.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnhF5NzgTCffCswFPUB61yc5zi6SyxH1t8PnOR0kdUhRWMjz1mHuZHylmEFmgwdm-ukzJm4U3ZcoOQjGMnwSc-iYbRuJeRULSP88HFAR47y4zHjkck2PT9M3VYlGkvuZWzWooMn5F0t5Tk2kstZUAl-5TxLkLkdvGOY5gC3deVjjNBc4PpKYHd-MPN/s4000/20231202_000129.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnhF5NzgTCffCswFPUB61yc5zi6SyxH1t8PnOR0kdUhRWMjz1mHuZHylmEFmgwdm-ukzJm4U3ZcoOQjGMnwSc-iYbRuJeRULSP88HFAR47y4zHjkck2PT9M3VYlGkvuZWzWooMn5F0t5Tk2kstZUAl-5TxLkLkdvGOY5gC3deVjjNBc4PpKYHd-MPN/w640-h288/20231202_000129.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzj2unQ_TkquV22WXT_vJoTrUomflHzwel18Q47CJWurx7IS6UT4hlui-lrYASnOyWa5Ni3XJA53sJuZrqU5aS-FhSH1Nnihwl5uOpatrR0egGRIhdwYlcjaALipMhagsJiL1AJWwnha6-3Fw0Q4nYxZgnOIS_sOgl89-5nL_lJSiYYqZl1ABsoBSK/s480/2023%20November.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="306" data-original-width="480" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzj2unQ_TkquV22WXT_vJoTrUomflHzwel18Q47CJWurx7IS6UT4hlui-lrYASnOyWa5Ni3XJA53sJuZrqU5aS-FhSH1Nnihwl5uOpatrR0egGRIhdwYlcjaALipMhagsJiL1AJWwnha6-3Fw0Q4nYxZgnOIS_sOgl89-5nL_lJSiYYqZl1ABsoBSK/w640-h408/2023%20November.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fish for me, meat for Jose and chocolates and cakes for all</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Sunday 3rd</b> - We attended a picnic organized by the <b>Codfish Academy of Perth, </b>at Woodman Point, in the suburb of Coogee, with just over 50 people attending. Meat, rice and salads were provided by the Committee and a lot of the ladies brought desserts.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL63z-3mnVqbZSTLLgkIF85RKOPVzsGJUyxyooY-TXzsa-fc22iAdNicyQJXGhUChvfivfTgWZAX0ifKaUNEWmRsv0tnevE04Kl1aaOYP6nRDEsR8PH4fX3pDYH2apenuemswZWftZp0lrLJhr2g8pmiXUw1J6PWj6nfxTvEsYyalE00UaxcM0-GOQ/s480/2023%20December1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="306" data-original-width="480" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL63z-3mnVqbZSTLLgkIF85RKOPVzsGJUyxyooY-TXzsa-fc22iAdNicyQJXGhUChvfivfTgWZAX0ifKaUNEWmRsv0tnevE04Kl1aaOYP6nRDEsR8PH4fX3pDYH2apenuemswZWftZp0lrLJhr2g8pmiXUw1J6PWj6nfxTvEsYyalE00UaxcM0-GOQ/w640-h408/2023%20December1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jose in charge of the grill and the many Portuguese delicacies on display</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">That same day, in the evening we had the Clinic's Christmas dinner at <b>Rambla on the Swan Restaurant</b> in South Perth. A fancy venue for 22 people.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj08HrWnrJn0SxsDhVfj0ws6rGCS8f1KwWdTtmC8adxeIbAGbQ9N5QsiBrml3gAup5kPvBsBk_-rMjGjPIIeusNFvVISlXQbSPrEyDvAvWcRiWoyzyxibnw-YIrsxfFC9h00IO6j9TW0InqBefdI2xc2rEALs_XNLUWak8BfkS5YdhNwOzPGk3DB0fi/s480/2023%20December2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="306" data-original-width="480" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj08HrWnrJn0SxsDhVfj0ws6rGCS8f1KwWdTtmC8adxeIbAGbQ9N5QsiBrml3gAup5kPvBsBk_-rMjGjPIIeusNFvVISlXQbSPrEyDvAvWcRiWoyzyxibnw-YIrsxfFC9h00IO6j9TW0InqBefdI2xc2rEALs_XNLUWak8BfkS5YdhNwOzPGk3DB0fi/w640-h408/2023%20December2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Monday 4th</b> -After work coffee with my former French teacher and colleagues (I gave up my lessons in April, as I felt I just had too much on - at the Dome Cafe, at <b>Deep Water Point, </b>in the suburb of <b>Mt Pleasant</b>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Friday 8th</b> - a very long appointment at the Dentist for the orthodontist to start my implant procedure. With local anesthesia I didn't feel a thing. Will return mid January to check if all going well and bone is fusing and then 2 months later for the final implant.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Saturday 9th</b> - Jose had been working about 14h a day plus a 1h commute each way, plus he had worked during 2 weekends as the end of his project approached, and this day before leaving work he called me to book a restaurant as he felt like going out. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I looked online and found this little jewel just 10 min from us - </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">"<b>Little Gan's</b>" - a tiny restaurant, great service, a limited menu, but beautifully presented and tasty food</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">. </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">They opened in April 22 and they had great reviews and I can say they are well deserved!</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq6GLbdy33vw_ymPNC5-onomCR-7zd9NyaJCYzihwlwxeC04yYFwK-RfZkcGruE-8RJN2Dym43j7haSi3XLPYPSFCfSzX83ybOAYCArAv54Iu9p15xcjQeuZ36hFlh55K0oq8kj2PqPrshPh7PVWDXlyNjN2knDH-6IUu2y7hPxcUeE5_ZaO8JapYX/s480/2023%20December3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="144" data-original-width="480" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq6GLbdy33vw_ymPNC5-onomCR-7zd9NyaJCYzihwlwxeC04yYFwK-RfZkcGruE-8RJN2Dym43j7haSi3XLPYPSFCfSzX83ybOAYCArAv54Iu9p15xcjQeuZ36hFlh55K0oq8kj2PqPrshPh7PVWDXlyNjN2knDH-6IUu2y7hPxcUeE5_ZaO8JapYX/w640-h192/2023%20December3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">Scallops, Fish with cannelini beans, Beef Cheek Agnolotti, </span>Muscovado Tart, Basque Cheesecake</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">On the way home we drove by one of the streets in our neighbourhood where they had a row of Christmas decorated houses.</span><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKzsPUDPrr5UVJo7KOtGStbj1Jd0_eydNFHNa9eNzZAnZzVx_m5UzoGTiooORfcUzdd9Owy3b5OgIEY7EWhAvSSHHLJ1Z2yv2LO3JAXACo80cKdNV9_M1_YpDYxXsX4qjzQXekcu0KqmkxKS93AxI_FVho-jGHeV4t8s7kO7IoE5mhh3PmETyUFsnV/s480/2023%20December5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="480" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKzsPUDPrr5UVJo7KOtGStbj1Jd0_eydNFHNa9eNzZAnZzVx_m5UzoGTiooORfcUzdd9Owy3b5OgIEY7EWhAvSSHHLJ1Z2yv2LO3JAXACo80cKdNV9_M1_YpDYxXsX4qjzQXekcu0KqmkxKS93AxI_FVho-jGHeV4t8s7kO7IoE5mhh3PmETyUFsnV/w640-h384/2023%20December5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP5URg6i6_u62mHUeUQhpez5m8JdNCJ6uDd6T_cOpWVQFvjIQLGGvOfEnqok08sLORIBU9HiiC73ofx9JEGjI63TGPv1JgY869FA8OqTanj-8FYUP_xOWjgq6k-9oVSSrbWxS1k8B5Nu-OKgbe8u5Uf6ahkDcJwkysE6xtGv1148PnkONmCq6JVjiS/s480/2023%20December6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="480" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP5URg6i6_u62mHUeUQhpez5m8JdNCJ6uDd6T_cOpWVQFvjIQLGGvOfEnqok08sLORIBU9HiiC73ofx9JEGjI63TGPv1JgY869FA8OqTanj-8FYUP_xOWjgq6k-9oVSSrbWxS1k8B5Nu-OKgbe8u5Uf6ahkDcJwkysE6xtGv1148PnkONmCq6JVjiS/w640-h384/2023%20December6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Friday 15th</b> - I took the train to Whitfords station (in the northern suburbs, and Jose picked me up, as he's working further north in Yanchep), and we drove to Hillary's as we </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">had an invitation to have dinner with friends we hadn't seen in a couple of years. John's </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">parents and my parents have known each other from Mozambique, since they were all single, and we kids were childhood friends.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Later both families moved to South Africa. His parents had a game reserve in the province of Natal, and he has Africa and wild animals in his blood. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">He moved to Perth later on and we connected again. Even though he works in mining, he also has a safari company and once in a while does guided tours to some African countries. He's also an amazing photographer who hopes to publish a book with his fantastic animal photos. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">We dined at <b>Eccolo Italian restaurant</b> in Hillary's. Again, nice, tasty home-made style food.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBnJiPjCXmn9dkscC0ClFXfHJ38_vNLYq2RGJusRmNcgatOqcSEXINWp1s27xfY2wY8dhc2hF4iEBBR65j7BMt7h6_71i0NV_aIh6YUyVoF1bRlzo0BfiaWcNTkQB4sRABtIxkPXKapJ-r48tSu6y-jsAEaT8IPrRxeu7a7drZSXDyNrkAA3d1mAg/s480/2023%20December8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="480" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBnJiPjCXmn9dkscC0ClFXfHJ38_vNLYq2RGJusRmNcgatOqcSEXINWp1s27xfY2wY8dhc2hF4iEBBR65j7BMt7h6_71i0NV_aIh6YUyVoF1bRlzo0BfiaWcNTkQB4sRABtIxkPXKapJ-r48tSu6y-jsAEaT8IPrRxeu7a7drZSXDyNrkAA3d1mAg/w640-h384/2023%20December8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seafood and squid ink linguine, beef tortellini in creamy sauce, Tiramisu and Berry Panna-cotta</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Signs seen at Whitfords Train station:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDcLG1HVf8D8JVxpD8qyjizkk2LfXvn6zN9vFZgzB5GhCg71_liTeR3yu5rb5J_BzUGbScktcdy7_DI0Pgrj5kYi9Z3fxDdU_e6MobGPbZxZnR83YUrrL0AbZosSEjvRsGAgpgYBfECo-dDCp-GPz0Z7epK2i-ZH-DWdns6YsDquKUN20G4-AEcZkD/s480/20231215_182413.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="432" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDcLG1HVf8D8JVxpD8qyjizkk2LfXvn6zN9vFZgzB5GhCg71_liTeR3yu5rb5J_BzUGbScktcdy7_DI0Pgrj5kYi9Z3fxDdU_e6MobGPbZxZnR83YUrrL0AbZosSEjvRsGAgpgYBfECo-dDCp-GPz0Z7epK2i-ZH-DWdns6YsDquKUN20G4-AEcZkD/w576-h640/20231215_182413.jpg" width="576" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_zaiDjNvzgo3kqf05XA8rAMoW6b_-MJdXFqUkjH8Bamcausqc-2eSXc9tO0k5Wug64U6_Q1i7FoS97DIDDIuZUZiKVhHMiEWX8Y7A_wgifxUcxcf1_0OE9KsR8DfebwEByJ0q3zl4C-JYErs6hvbnswCau2qNX9U7TnoD6cRnpFVIhB8aGC6mF6Hi/s480/20231215_182429.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_zaiDjNvzgo3kqf05XA8rAMoW6b_-MJdXFqUkjH8Bamcausqc-2eSXc9tO0k5Wug64U6_Q1i7FoS97DIDDIuZUZiKVhHMiEWX8Y7A_wgifxUcxcf1_0OE9KsR8DfebwEByJ0q3zl4C-JYErs6hvbnswCau2qNX9U7TnoD6cRnpFVIhB8aGC6mF6Hi/w454-h640/20231215_182429.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJBbFtJ7cXZdpnBsDCwyXh_c2OSojRZPFdoGOaWsMNlPZIFYxNIrSlasJgp7kI30nI3aVfY0RkBSpKf1qPp2qFAhQGbLbeOxbfHae4nL2hgecAfurZYI1irrfcTemw8ECXri3gzyURUKqxN8xD2LE-KKWJ0U4XkCIOa-MDACRffrqvoyjb6x6fSe3B/s480/20231215_180525.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="233" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJBbFtJ7cXZdpnBsDCwyXh_c2OSojRZPFdoGOaWsMNlPZIFYxNIrSlasJgp7kI30nI3aVfY0RkBSpKf1qPp2qFAhQGbLbeOxbfHae4nL2hgecAfurZYI1irrfcTemw8ECXri3gzyURUKqxN8xD2LE-KKWJ0U4XkCIOa-MDACRffrqvoyjb6x6fSe3B/w310-h640/20231215_180525.jpg" width="310" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Same addictive poison with new mango taste - See vaping for what it is</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Saturday 16th </b>- A friend who was going camping for a week, asked if we could babysit Cody, their very energetic 18-month-old Labrador.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">He was obsessed with his ball, luckily we live across the road from a park, so I would take him there 3 times a day and play throw for about 20 minutes. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">He never seemed to get tired! At home he would follow me everywhere, never sat quietly. At night he would sleep in the laundry with a baby gate to the kitchen and he was quiet. The first night he destroyed his brand new blanket, ate part of a rubber ball... One day when I arrived from work, he had dug out a whole row of plants, broke some branches of taller plants... </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Boy, was he a handful :) </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Very clever, very cute, but he was hard work, give me 10 cats any day!!</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> 🐈 </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I suppose he still needs to grow up and have more good behaviour lessons in dog school</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">😆.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijDxa94qog4Wi9P3m4-p5NPrukW7oyZIhq8vpPjZs_xYttujSqKDOfH8jFO_mG5v5mm2Aq5fZJ0FDYfxz6zu32l2bav4C4rSy4n1fryEm9aeYxGntdFaGRS9Ul-K4L3AcxlXq8gFhZiSsP9h5pySd7eVVdEMcqOSmLYviGvu29jeRU2_jSj9007JSF/s480/2023%20December4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="480" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijDxa94qog4Wi9P3m4-p5NPrukW7oyZIhq8vpPjZs_xYttujSqKDOfH8jFO_mG5v5mm2Aq5fZJ0FDYfxz6zu32l2bav4C4rSy4n1fryEm9aeYxGntdFaGRS9Ul-K4L3AcxlXq8gFhZiSsP9h5pySd7eVVdEMcqOSmLYviGvu29jeRU2_jSj9007JSF/w640-h256/2023%20December4.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">That same evening we had a Dinner/Dance at the <b>Portuguese Club</b>. There was a Portuguese singer who was on his Australian tour - Ze Amaro (aka The cowboy). I had no idea who the singer was, but his show as lively and everybody had fun.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">His introduction singer was Catarina Viegas, a young Portuguese/Australian singer, who is well known in Perth.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9RUM0ja85z6mNuwYdLrpKFoLcj_zqYTjXPR27sNSU89iThCiaDDPvVISUiWLPR9k7bLK1xyweoriyf1niC3YqzO5fXpPQB0fU-bMzxxA3iHjsUG6d8aByKxCybE57xVGuyY-KXgFh-CJuhlX7Zu5Y8mjG23azDNFo3l2fRY5TGZrttoaxFxAuV46L/s480/20231216_213837.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="418" data-original-width="480" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9RUM0ja85z6mNuwYdLrpKFoLcj_zqYTjXPR27sNSU89iThCiaDDPvVISUiWLPR9k7bLK1xyweoriyf1niC3YqzO5fXpPQB0fU-bMzxxA3iHjsUG6d8aByKxCybE57xVGuyY-KXgFh-CJuhlX7Zu5Y8mjG23azDNFo3l2fRY5TGZrttoaxFxAuV46L/w640-h558/20231216_213837.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS0zipSHjTGqJDjVfif0M82DvWSGu51V7LzEIg5_98zf-54r43KGExXL3T_fs_uU8EVVpWB2Z7JrpQ2P4Hm3jWKA4KpoRpg3aDQ2DooXjLBAtBth7cLBnqXBQ3HZRIQXmj4Q1BBNu4yP2U4ZkHWOZgjE-nN2VC12oFUoyuMKmuTGhwqal6i1IVM_Sc/s480/20231216_205751.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="407" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS0zipSHjTGqJDjVfif0M82DvWSGu51V7LzEIg5_98zf-54r43KGExXL3T_fs_uU8EVVpWB2Z7JrpQ2P4Hm3jWKA4KpoRpg3aDQ2DooXjLBAtBth7cLBnqXBQ3HZRIQXmj4Q1BBNu4yP2U4ZkHWOZgjE-nN2VC12oFUoyuMKmuTGhwqal6i1IVM_Sc/w542-h640/20231216_205751.jpg" width="542" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Tuesday 19th </b>- this date marks the 5th wedding anniversary of our daughter Karina and her partner Thomas. I can't believe it's been 5 years since we flew to the Philippines to attend their beach wedding. Where does time go?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzaDIXidId9mkovcJ0y9u1QdXt9SLUxhwrwGt175I8y7POT8MN02i1U53C9r1KruttZQBgWhEPIIXXydRIyStzDSCRvcylCHhXAIbbZTppdYmq4lmoKRZ25qxDzMkCPysbh4tGCHfesUZB8e5sEgKlkP2i4A4BjgANE04tZy3AqAnCubiFOvclcbAy/s480/BEU_2269.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="480" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzaDIXidId9mkovcJ0y9u1QdXt9SLUxhwrwGt175I8y7POT8MN02i1U53C9r1KruttZQBgWhEPIIXXydRIyStzDSCRvcylCHhXAIbbZTppdYmq4lmoKRZ25qxDzMkCPysbh4tGCHfesUZB8e5sEgKlkP2i4A4BjgANE04tZy3AqAnCubiFOvclcbAy/w640-h426/BEU_2269.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Quite a few years ago we decided to stop gifting Christmas gifts to family or friends, only kids get gifts. But I always try to at least give some friends and neighbours a home-made gift. This year it was a jar with biscuits and my glycerine soaps.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfpgk6hvMdNw2WlB_oTqmbfq2_u8D_JPEwKCmSgt0N2noStXHTRNljggUcwSU2a6073_auZx9JNWXcdWRq21GhUSMKP3VPmTKS92S7ionf-AgF7mvPTiwzpnhjiSliCvmExyszhEH31hMZFKwzmEydrEhQllOEuvwvQwwqt-5CHik_IfU0ICg8MYTi/s480/20231215_081150.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="284" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfpgk6hvMdNw2WlB_oTqmbfq2_u8D_JPEwKCmSgt0N2noStXHTRNljggUcwSU2a6073_auZx9JNWXcdWRq21GhUSMKP3VPmTKS92S7ionf-AgF7mvPTiwzpnhjiSliCvmExyszhEH31hMZFKwzmEydrEhQllOEuvwvQwwqt-5CHik_IfU0ICg8MYTi/w378-h640/20231215_081150.jpg" width="378" /><span> </span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><br /></div>More signs:</b></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMO2c_Su4vsDLEyurBCpKwbMTL7rgiJTeak4cmFDoWBiOni4jofG4e3Yg6Rjj3A-PVYqfHgcwOU9XL-79MI9DbXA6-z5lv0s5BOPLu_rAGfmeWxKztanKk9jXrPmWb4f2CuTzyjhg_WZG7uJVcPxwTJHVy-e6SV7lL0BQxk8a5vYUlLi8yGAdb8fjh/s3220/20231213_144613.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3220" data-original-width="2077" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMO2c_Su4vsDLEyurBCpKwbMTL7rgiJTeak4cmFDoWBiOni4jofG4e3Yg6Rjj3A-PVYqfHgcwOU9XL-79MI9DbXA6-z5lv0s5BOPLu_rAGfmeWxKztanKk9jXrPmWb4f2CuTzyjhg_WZG7uJVcPxwTJHVy-e6SV7lL0BQxk8a5vYUlLi8yGAdb8fjh/w412-h640/20231213_144613.jpg" width="412" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some bottles get a refund of 10c</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7y7x4mIfxRfS5-hJfFz2B4NQf6OTNaID7pWwBu44lZXo2Kh7b0rFcKp7HyGvYJlgn8GvAsbAMoJaF-6G8HLP4x4wG3cFyc9SF0NRVtTVeqIl5uLELxr2UvONh848Geimq4iqqYiE7e2SfHqZ8XYZO0Lpngcjk2JqcwN6pieA_cty7VO7WYWq_tXjn/s480/20231211_135123.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="361" data-original-width="480" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7y7x4mIfxRfS5-hJfFz2B4NQf6OTNaID7pWwBu44lZXo2Kh7b0rFcKp7HyGvYJlgn8GvAsbAMoJaF-6G8HLP4x4wG3cFyc9SF0NRVtTVeqIl5uLELxr2UvONh848Geimq4iqqYiE7e2SfHqZ8XYZO0Lpngcjk2JqcwN6pieA_cty7VO7WYWq_tXjn/w640-h482/20231211_135123.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Next week I'll continue with the rest of December which will include our holiday photos.</span></div></div></div></div>Samihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467163627586022816noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858901934141711052.post-16459432795751060902024-01-08T00:01:00.002+08:002024-03-03T23:08:59.719+08:00Monday Murals - Everything Melville<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Happy New Year to all of you and welcome back to Monday Murals.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">I love murals and street art. If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">this meme is </span><span style="text-align: justify;">for you. J</span><span style="text-align: justify;">ust follow the </span><b style="text-align: justify;">Linky</b><span style="text-align: justify;"> st</span><span style="text-align: justify;">eps below. Once you start looking you will find murals everywhere. <br /></span></span></span><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">The "Monday Mural" meme goes live on Monday at 12,01AM, Perth,Western Australian time. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to your mural finds this week.<br /></span></span></span><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9; font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Thanks Sami</span> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">A couple of months ago I went to a shopping centre not too far from work and came across these very colourful murals at the <b>Civic Square library</b> just behind it -in the suburb of <b>Booragoon</b> in the <b>City of Melville</b>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Entitled "<b>Everything Melville</b>", this mural was painted by <b>Mel McVee</b> (Melski) in 2017.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="362" data-original-width="480" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNXGIDwBPG0txQsMJDpJp-9pznjybamjaiIdNFWxdFi15LlcgnTQYsXtX8mjYK4VLUROxjzGVypO4e7xmqYwpJ2NMjn70S0JwFX6fInCj8MTzvQo-5RvN3UfhP7vN_8N3PtqBwc-pI2zYtgWgFRpd9-167UYcnfnKvhvTvKeFUo2wGqO9GlV7sAAOP/w640-h482/20230919_131251.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">On the bridge connecting the Civic Centre to Garden City Shopping Centre, a low wall of murals framed the bridge. This mural was designed and painted in 2020 by the Year 8 to Year 10 art students from Applecross Senior High School.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhulkruq-l9IrUO7g8fFnaj6I1apelDEWy-RmG6r1TMIq8YidIWsJwSyRGraJMNiqFY7fF09HYKG-CQvYc1JE46odss3bny8fPSine3MWcufdb1RKqLqvR2nF5CBkjU6OTKvM0RmVRWTvx-JU-m4GJkMqTJJJlT8vQku1Q1r1rXJoGwLq_1ZLURrJsk/s480/20230919_131129.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="323" data-original-width="480" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhulkruq-l9IrUO7g8fFnaj6I1apelDEWy-RmG6r1TMIq8YidIWsJwSyRGraJMNiqFY7fF09HYKG-CQvYc1JE46odss3bny8fPSine3MWcufdb1RKqLqvR2nF5CBkjU6OTKvM0RmVRWTvx-JU-m4GJkMqTJJJlT8vQku1Q1r1rXJoGwLq_1ZLURrJsk/w640-h430/20230919_131129.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;">In the coming weeks I'll be showing you another mural by <b>Melski</b> that I found during our camping holiday and very similar owl sculpture that I saw when we visited the mining town of <b>Boddington</b> - in fact a town full of quirky and beautiful sculptures.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Plus more sculptures from the </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">sculpture</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> trail in the town of <b>Byford</b>, when we drove by on the way home.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It was a fun holiday for sure!</span></div><p></p></div>
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Samihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467163627586022816noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858901934141711052.post-29427103916536824832023-12-20T11:54:00.003+08:002023-12-20T22:59:46.835+08:00November Wrap-up and Signs<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>A</b>lso joining Tom's Signs. <a href="http://backroadstraveller.blogspot.com/2023/12/signs2-christmas-decorations.html" target="_blank">Check this link </a>for other signs from around the world.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Friday 3rd </b>- Our <b>Community Harvest group</b> was meant to participate in the annual <b>Canning show</b>, from Friday to Saturday, but due to the CAHRS (Canning Agricultural, Horticultural and Recreational Society), management needing the room we had been assigned for an evening function, we were asked to just participate on Saturday.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We had plenty of stuff for our display, and dropped our goodies in the kitchen adjoining the function room, to set up on Saturday.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiocadWFLPICozwY-LqGF6heso3gKUCZwN7aQH8EjxTFCs2fSmW9qmW3lOVE7XTAyrmCXPK6vUg8IP1udlKwuwz_PepkXK5cqzthkJ2_IkgGsScrY-2gj5x2BFUS3Pb77UzYg7QKMLyopkb6-1r4lhHDJvTj_33LfsouSKynKI2gAnPMwM4qpo5CNz4/s1600/IMG-20231105-WA0014.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiocadWFLPICozwY-LqGF6heso3gKUCZwN7aQH8EjxTFCs2fSmW9qmW3lOVE7XTAyrmCXPK6vUg8IP1udlKwuwz_PepkXK5cqzthkJ2_IkgGsScrY-2gj5x2BFUS3Pb77UzYg7QKMLyopkb6-1r4lhHDJvTj_33LfsouSKynKI2gAnPMwM4qpo5CNz4/w300-h400/IMG-20231105-WA0014.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">kids Pasta workshop</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We had no idea the workshop was going to be so popular with the kids, and poor Maria kept making more and more fresh dough, so kids could process it through the pasta machines as fettucine.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Then it would go back to the kitchen to be boiled and served with various store-bought sauces to the kids, parents and whoever happened to come by! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And of course, who wouldn't want a bowl of free food instead of paying for it at the various food vans? We had a box on the counter for donations, but we just made about $30 for the 4 or 5 hours we were there. Eventually Maria was exhausted, and we closed shop.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXr1xuO5L537felyMq87m1o2OdxheXWuziI1Gd-gspXr8wYQkBKPf-V6A5CYsINR6Tbjmwc-hruFuKMFdf9yb8s-v-556cEkME9d8P8DwqXKL47AIDHRtFpsQpy7UsCClp-PRfp0f5vzSgDm4ruWVZb5Q-v15AV5HjzwkJypbESrnMtd8TncNkbkLc/s390/2e2jc1yt.png" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="241" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXr1xuO5L537felyMq87m1o2OdxheXWuziI1Gd-gspXr8wYQkBKPf-V6A5CYsINR6Tbjmwc-hruFuKMFdf9yb8s-v-556cEkME9d8P8DwqXKL47AIDHRtFpsQpy7UsCClp-PRfp0f5vzSgDm4ruWVZb5Q-v15AV5HjzwkJypbESrnMtd8TncNkbkLc/w396-h640/2e2jc1yt.png" width="396" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I helped out until about 3pm, then had to go home, shower and dress, and Jose and I drove to Mandurah, about 70km (43,5 miles) south of Perth, to attend our friend T's 60th birthday party.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiwzRyXnPJStnL1VbUT_gKYWu5qFQ6Z5l-Hyii-MaMvN39vxQ0SH2noiquprQEbnEDbX-eLRFVcSm-7LPR7eqE6Mk95Ru892-_UbImV1rRhyphenhyphenWgNBikOVRc8Mdo5_EIluDU_edwH7ggn4h0xqpt5NSrVp41RXaDvvOP-ST52aMR6mckpM45AQONZ3f3/s4624/20231104_182720.heic" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="2084" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiwzRyXnPJStnL1VbUT_gKYWu5qFQ6Z5l-Hyii-MaMvN39vxQ0SH2noiquprQEbnEDbX-eLRFVcSm-7LPR7eqE6Mk95Ru892-_UbImV1rRhyphenhyphenWgNBikOVRc8Mdo5_EIluDU_edwH7ggn4h0xqpt5NSrVp41RXaDvvOP-ST52aMR6mckpM45AQONZ3f3/w288-h640/20231104_182720.heic" width="288" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dessert table</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLQZ_dCMhTGWd8u_5FgxlyNz2iBdOvVjiQDMOesIod_Q6czx3_kEH9qkTW88FecM9iweAbUvoaAE8xZ2X6Op_q_3sc1ip5JuwVnPMkqpc6Z5XHJqtvYZgnZUmVDRKhebEtTUZq0FIH5n5i9VIv3AjDxMzFZPricdvHfoUqcoBhyphenhyphen113i6EnoIKKGzpR/s4624/20231104_181736.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2084" data-original-width="4624" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLQZ_dCMhTGWd8u_5FgxlyNz2iBdOvVjiQDMOesIod_Q6czx3_kEH9qkTW88FecM9iweAbUvoaAE8xZ2X6Op_q_3sc1ip5JuwVnPMkqpc6Z5XHJqtvYZgnZUmVDRKhebEtTUZq0FIH5n5i9VIv3AjDxMzFZPricdvHfoUqcoBhyphenhyphen113i6EnoIKKGzpR/w640-h288/20231104_181736.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDu31Qqa6XySIPFy-DtSGPgsh_r1kd8Lf-3m_KOPOv69SqubMFeYfjGBzp-8xisyl7sVRlEvKv4WavGcsc8NQFvu7K3mwPteZYmV_BReXodRcCzzNr-lB9g9a_a_H3taUacYLpdIDgRjT0a75p7UbCRZ3v6kVOpGsK5DhZ97O8KDShvxShr3lcDReE/s4624/20231104_190320.heic" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2084" data-original-width="4624" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDu31Qqa6XySIPFy-DtSGPgsh_r1kd8Lf-3m_KOPOv69SqubMFeYfjGBzp-8xisyl7sVRlEvKv4WavGcsc8NQFvu7K3mwPteZYmV_BReXodRcCzzNr-lB9g9a_a_H3taUacYLpdIDgRjT0a75p7UbCRZ3v6kVOpGsK5DhZ97O8KDShvxShr3lcDReE/w640-h288/20231104_190320.heic" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset seen our friend's house on the Mandurah canals</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAjAis2BdfnFyiGiDG9dEMCrpnf4aPeo7BRVEdDQPp3qCmhuD1L5feMx9XUb20By-hfVPJ-iojaE4cHRZY-Ce5g_XZ6qf9ZRTzlhqb8j9usmMM3F9CmoYJJSUeuc6iTwHMOcyJjk3iEc2Hrut59iXmOGgk1yCZOWSGqJXT1CTOUBZr_SVOGIRFItpZ/s4624/20231104_190312.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><br /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Monday 6th</b> - Jose was seconded to a client of the company he works for, to help out with project management of the Butler to Yanchep train extension. The only problem is Yanchep is 70km (43,5 miles) north of Perth, taking Jose 1h to drive there, and 1,30h to drive home at the end of the day. Apart from long working days, plus 2,30h driving every day it's exhausting for him and he can't wait for his part of the project to be finished by end of January or so, so he can get back to working in his usual place, literally 10 minutes from home.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Saturday 11th </b>- The "<b>Buy Nothing group</b>" organized a free garage sale, that I took part in. A map with the addresses of the 10 participants was posted in the group early morning, and people started showing up at 10am. It wasn't as successful as the one the group had about 3 or 4 years ago, as it wasn't frequently advertised. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Still I got rid of half of the stuff, the rest I posted to the Buy Nothing Group on FB and I got rid of half of that!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDAvWKTHxqHARqibiLnrvmkvwd3ZjovQXkCvXd3wiIYqfhU171z6VXALVHy1tz8yibdMOqmm9-t_sp9E1nDQHc8JNL6od4R0stIIP0BY0Qv325DG1qTNnVhmS-wdGAXs4wzOC1E187TYnAahIyouYIXy4YcmwZDkQkZlo6Y3DJbfN3Rt7JpKavwJxZ/s4624/20231111_095505.heic" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2084" data-original-width="4624" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDAvWKTHxqHARqibiLnrvmkvwd3ZjovQXkCvXd3wiIYqfhU171z6VXALVHy1tz8yibdMOqmm9-t_sp9E1nDQHc8JNL6od4R0stIIP0BY0Qv325DG1qTNnVhmS-wdGAXs4wzOC1E187TYnAahIyouYIXy4YcmwZDkQkZlo6Y3DJbfN3Rt7JpKavwJxZ/w640-h288/20231111_095505.heic" width="640" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMoRcblwmLBXOD1pSE8O5hbYrH7-X2n2wPTh4CHvimBHAN_YCF4bX90J4VaxsdomkLJWoDkiPWThKCsU_FLl_KumiA_tQ_P9OZqFWH45FRZaKzHH_ZCY4-vIdNGYBW_jp7eOPIxiIrRIKQ_EitwscecMoWIfFS3Fms2C-3D4gMNXoAwZzOoc8Xh0v_/s4624/20231111_095502.heic" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2084" data-original-width="4624" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMoRcblwmLBXOD1pSE8O5hbYrH7-X2n2wPTh4CHvimBHAN_YCF4bX90J4VaxsdomkLJWoDkiPWThKCsU_FLl_KumiA_tQ_P9OZqFWH45FRZaKzHH_ZCY4-vIdNGYBW_jp7eOPIxiIrRIKQ_EitwscecMoWIfFS3Fms2C-3D4gMNXoAwZzOoc8Xh0v_/w640-h288/20231111_095502.heic" width="640" /></a></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">That evening we met up with two other couples at the <b>Gages Road Brewery</b> in Fremantle. They have a wonderful outdoor area by the river, and while we there watching the sunset a massive cruise ship sailed by towards the port.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFTIoVEcYI_OagqyZLtk4BdhiyaJ71AsE8pjHa-Du4pNB9ckMDOn-8kL8u1Vh-FbTXuvLCu94URR7EdVqx5ZIqowcb9QNMzfduXPOAiw4VfvsikaeBOZyaCwQueelTCBGWVmD0oUZK2aeJUs2jVP4N2C2_gwLA0cnqlrPtvHJFtdG5_b8iOzREp59M/s480/20231111_183434_001-002.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="217" data-original-width="480" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFTIoVEcYI_OagqyZLtk4BdhiyaJ71AsE8pjHa-Du4pNB9ckMDOn-8kL8u1Vh-FbTXuvLCu94URR7EdVqx5ZIqowcb9QNMzfduXPOAiw4VfvsikaeBOZyaCwQueelTCBGWVmD0oUZK2aeJUs2jVP4N2C2_gwLA0cnqlrPtvHJFtdG5_b8iOzREp59M/w640-h290/20231111_183434_001-002.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_CVosre6RMC1KjrIh9PvVY0qBLShucuHJbN-khkw9yAsoa_ndAcpvWOs09-OFlrnBzyL-PlNCTEzoKffT3VgB_QqVNaIwQaIUonJ2fxOFB-m0nhJsiF6ChsmqOm_TxQP4gducMijMaCtjyWVIsgQcksV2EuMkrF9O9frC6bvKgxHOh96b-7nEQo2/s1599/IMG-20231111-WA0028.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="1599" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_CVosre6RMC1KjrIh9PvVY0qBLShucuHJbN-khkw9yAsoa_ndAcpvWOs09-OFlrnBzyL-PlNCTEzoKffT3VgB_QqVNaIwQaIUonJ2fxOFB-m0nhJsiF6ChsmqOm_TxQP4gducMijMaCtjyWVIsgQcksV2EuMkrF9O9frC6bvKgxHOh96b-7nEQo2/w640-h360/IMG-20231111-WA0028.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Princess Cruise liner in front of the pub</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyTEB0dGxsN8xBHAgTbnKwLihSmCM-nBgCzlZGF2wns72cfz1jv4SQno7yKTe_kQLd2XlTLCA-ChlC-RYajHVDU8QVJabIgIfzB1KUBq-QXiFxm-FaJCUd_tXcSEScSeaL-zYNfo2XrCWBoxzaP__T1AfszRN0u66_iSLkRD_K12j0dUEYXOnwLLpr/s4624/20231111_191853.heic" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2084" data-original-width="4624" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyTEB0dGxsN8xBHAgTbnKwLihSmCM-nBgCzlZGF2wns72cfz1jv4SQno7yKTe_kQLd2XlTLCA-ChlC-RYajHVDU8QVJabIgIfzB1KUBq-QXiFxm-FaJCUd_tXcSEScSeaL-zYNfo2XrCWBoxzaP__T1AfszRN0u66_iSLkRD_K12j0dUEYXOnwLLpr/w640-h288/20231111_191853.heic" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The WA Maritime Museum (to the left)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFA89Sdgn5yLnxeAx6vJSWVa9L9V-l_jtZj1csaI-04Xx1fFyBY2xR1NfOkNMMVXxMp2yjW4HSchqy-gnuGlFs_N7UaBBcp2nkcKswEODnf4F5hwozmCs9JeAZEja-Wm_L-6ZufVcecXwPcCfGDtmUEPFwBZls_gUuJyzgrnAyYNG8-3Lhw6oRggUh/s4624/20231111_191901.heic" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2084" data-original-width="4624" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFA89Sdgn5yLnxeAx6vJSWVa9L9V-l_jtZj1csaI-04Xx1fFyBY2xR1NfOkNMMVXxMp2yjW4HSchqy-gnuGlFs_N7UaBBcp2nkcKswEODnf4F5hwozmCs9JeAZEja-Wm_L-6ZufVcecXwPcCfGDtmUEPFwBZls_gUuJyzgrnAyYNG8-3Lhw6oRggUh/w640-h288/20231111_191901.heic" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cruise ship at the far end in front of the Passenger terminal and the Rottnest Ferry (red)</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Some lovely statues in Fremantle:</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZIbCQ4VYctsZ-LU-7AnN5__omyIZmUGWzS0AzF6qDDJIrZWlL5nXNx1mWjqMZlyaMl-Sul1YUITC1PkygxspbkhbtYj1It8XGhiCDmj01jGuWpQIUXhOkMTRKGGHzgAIxCAZEizULzJA6iXhEUkX67cW5LalT_I3UowKi9Ls5TNeCX7yF61huZoC5/s480/20231110_194936.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="243" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZIbCQ4VYctsZ-LU-7AnN5__omyIZmUGWzS0AzF6qDDJIrZWlL5nXNx1mWjqMZlyaMl-Sul1YUITC1PkygxspbkhbtYj1It8XGhiCDmj01jGuWpQIUXhOkMTRKGGHzgAIxCAZEizULzJA6iXhEUkX67cW5LalT_I3UowKi9Ls5TNeCX7yF61huZoC5/w325-h640/20231110_194936.jpg" width="325" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> A man cycling with a coffee cup at Bathers Beach</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Bella - at Bathers Beach. The original 150kg statue was stolen in 2019, and replaced by the sculptor Greg James in August 2020. The thief was jailed, but the original statues hasn't been found.</span><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIoJVOgYYsrwzBcYTKdggF_obRpFE5NearECVd5sGPNQkXLZE5RmulFzsqO0IGalxP80C0-ieHF70XDL6XWZBWsYCo2qgjVNcUZDpIMG5puHAA8tp6wqO_fmtWrIBW9k_Yl889BV9FXXEUG_PWth8gKRfpXMFPtRhlnaQnuTbDsIVC2BBrY1ortMii/s480/20231110_195103.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="392" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIoJVOgYYsrwzBcYTKdggF_obRpFE5NearECVd5sGPNQkXLZE5RmulFzsqO0IGalxP80C0-ieHF70XDL6XWZBWsYCo2qgjVNcUZDpIMG5puHAA8tp6wqO_fmtWrIBW9k_Yl889BV9FXXEUG_PWth8gKRfpXMFPtRhlnaQnuTbDsIVC2BBrY1ortMii/w522-h640/20231110_195103.jpg" width="522" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Bon Scott - AC/DC singer - at the Fremantle Fishing boat harbour, sculptor Greg James</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiliK3tfSduqpIo97HehhuUtbUDF73jtuOLHuGdwluI9tbUQ8iQL2y5Bg-mJNqxN43zBQO3rnvCZ_SWeYMupIRpaQ2IN5BTzxKLMbFwK4X9YpgAo1gVb7gueBidCWFN4-Jo7F52ZQPCOc-QGUomGJ7HFXOPv8p-BCXiubmFsui40taZlKc0KT3Z5IiD/s480/20231110_210526.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="348" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiliK3tfSduqpIo97HehhuUtbUDF73jtuOLHuGdwluI9tbUQ8iQL2y5Bg-mJNqxN43zBQO3rnvCZ_SWeYMupIRpaQ2IN5BTzxKLMbFwK4X9YpgAo1gVb7gueBidCWFN4-Jo7F52ZQPCOc-QGUomGJ7HFXOPv8p-BCXiubmFsui40taZlKc0KT3Z5IiD/w464-h640/20231110_210526.jpg" width="464" /></a></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> Blondie - the dog, by s</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">culptor </span>Janet Nixon (From Greg James Studio).</span></p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb4hi6fPDo6qjMP_gtpPP3upY2ceWa-xTXx6gx-LTEkehq46eNDj4hRGLgAFk1XckjBCAP9wGKtkUipFkoEu5eJz1XLylu0ojEwlqp7xsmnM4QEpNYuLTKOg46oyUrjb6OUp4XfXpQgofM_5qa5D1qX3k_OkaEJskRseikbH_1ADLAJenlBF1AhkG9/s480/20231110_210619.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb4hi6fPDo6qjMP_gtpPP3upY2ceWa-xTXx6gx-LTEkehq46eNDj4hRGLgAFk1XckjBCAP9wGKtkUipFkoEu5eJz1XLylu0ojEwlqp7xsmnM4QEpNYuLTKOg46oyUrjb6OUp4XfXpQgofM_5qa5D1qX3k_OkaEJskRseikbH_1ADLAJenlBF1AhkG9/w336-h640/20231110_210619.jpg" width="336" /></span></a></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Friday 17th </b><span>- While biting on a pizza at lunchtime (at home) a very old tooth cap on a canine fell off. My dentist is just down the road and I went there to see if they could glue it. He wasn't there, but I was seen by a young dentist who said she would glue it to the top and sides, but the pin had broken and the surface was very flat so not much adhesion, and she suggested I see my dentist soon. An appointment was booked for Tuesday.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Saturday 18th</b> - Of course I promptly forgot I had a "glued tooth" and the following day at lunch time it fell off again! Not the best day for that to happen, as we had a dinner booking with 2 of the Drs from the clinic where I work, at "<b>Manuka Woodfired Kitchen</b>" in Fremantle.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I first heard of this restaurant when my daughter Karina and husband Thomas had dinner there just before they returned to Germany in mid January this year, and they had loved the food. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I thought we should give it a try. The idea is to share plates, so you get to taste a bit of everything, </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">food is cooked on a wood fire, hence the great taste.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I'm glad we went there, as everybody raved about the food.</span></p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6sZ_gYV5dU3INIUfjIC7v7FCd2cQvkjut2tQKHDfLJ0NluOcmeGLSPKLIaOU6BHFM1mgX3v-dzg-6MbZQCuuiBVVRonFEY3dM8LsbpoNStsWZH5UxVbIKFrrDSllbFME_gUEjYPLiobF2hyqxE9Oo2RwQU-2eKoCYlY1LZO0XZ_3RAmMSaNh6jfPk/s4624/20231118_211318.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="2084" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6sZ_gYV5dU3INIUfjIC7v7FCd2cQvkjut2tQKHDfLJ0NluOcmeGLSPKLIaOU6BHFM1mgX3v-dzg-6MbZQCuuiBVVRonFEY3dM8LsbpoNStsWZH5UxVbIKFrrDSllbFME_gUEjYPLiobF2hyqxE9Oo2RwQU-2eKoCYlY1LZO0XZ_3RAmMSaNh6jfPk/s320/20231118_211318.heic" width="144" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGnqQhk_DSmeSO9rAKtFxyOnqCQDZo0wrc7_vuJXU3hKO2WbbQTDB8lhzvub4LnsFBbmeeP3JvvCm0Yzz1eJmtCfd2KAxezmqtunauZ_cxxVDr5uiMzq6X5bYFCbRsZUxr6PMUV7YVRYGPvfnBrXVyRrcfU7q4hDXiuILoYYfUuWcKcRvbaNz2n8sR/s4624/20231118_211826.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="2084" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGnqQhk_DSmeSO9rAKtFxyOnqCQDZo0wrc7_vuJXU3hKO2WbbQTDB8lhzvub4LnsFBbmeeP3JvvCm0Yzz1eJmtCfd2KAxezmqtunauZ_cxxVDr5uiMzq6X5bYFCbRsZUxr6PMUV7YVRYGPvfnBrXVyRrcfU7q4hDXiuILoYYfUuWcKcRvbaNz2n8sR/s320/20231118_211826.heic" width="144" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2U23mFMlXs9vguZI6LOzIZu2dIfu6W11J5ad4-GUCViEjhvLrzXNWyksNN7CtMX04hSXY1EptU2F-nDh39wG13gashrUH1bBx19LAEejcTWQto0lg5YHtwwu_ShXAL_1DXg_4LYRfEjOBFkJwkg2QGF9budJ1ik8BVxuzqsaaSkhLv6oOXE4nLZHP/s4624/20231118_220128.heic" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="2084" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2U23mFMlXs9vguZI6LOzIZu2dIfu6W11J5ad4-GUCViEjhvLrzXNWyksNN7CtMX04hSXY1EptU2F-nDh39wG13gashrUH1bBx19LAEejcTWQto0lg5YHtwwu_ShXAL_1DXg_4LYRfEjOBFkJwkg2QGF9budJ1ik8BVxuzqsaaSkhLv6oOXE4nLZHP/s320/20231118_220128.heic" width="144" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Karina and Thomas had mentioned when they dined there, one of the waiters was from Marseille, and they discovered that Thomas had gone to school with his brother. When we were there that waiter was serving us and although he hardly had a french accent, Jose asked if he was from Marseille and he replied: "yes, how did you know?" Anyway, he still remembered meeting Karina and Thomas and later came to show us a photo they had taken together in January.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We also took a photo with him to send to Thomas, who instantly recognized him.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Small world isn't it!</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_HD3lrO8En1yydfs3T-I6yIF27nX2F9yM19MMg1m2LQGRtzBqvqubFwGk-H3bU1dKD7tTEGUV39oV-L5ERlgweqJ2_GJow9CPNNIXVJLD529GkR0b882OOTqKsiP4tCJtxMlM4TCmdc7BzzgONWumywFMxb59NYUi36z7OthzXhruIsKzZsUkn7Tx/s4624/20231118_223029.heic" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2084" data-original-width="4624" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_HD3lrO8En1yydfs3T-I6yIF27nX2F9yM19MMg1m2LQGRtzBqvqubFwGk-H3bU1dKD7tTEGUV39oV-L5ERlgweqJ2_GJow9CPNNIXVJLD529GkR0b882OOTqKsiP4tCJtxMlM4TCmdc7BzzgONWumywFMxb59NYUi36z7OthzXhruIsKzZsUkn7Tx/w640-h288/20231118_223029.heic" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jose and I with the French waiter at Manuka Woodfired Restaurant</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Tuesday 21st</b><span> - dentist appointment to find a solution to my missing tooth - either a very expensive implant or a cheaper bridge, but that would damage 2 perfectly good teeth, so I had to go with the implant which was booked for the 8th December. In the meantime, my clever dentist managed to drill the inside of the tooth and insert some sort of support and glue it to the broken piece in the gum, but of course with an admonition to not eat or bite into anything hard... </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Wednesday 22nd</b> - I took the train into the city after work to go and buy a dozen gold door handles for a chest of drawers and bedside tables I'm painting, and K-Mart in the city had them in stock.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">While there I saw some of the city's Christmas decorations near the train station.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgAQmHzRzdVVNdisb6M5unWmC65wbZy4YpZDusa57jUtrNgud5LMWB-Q-R99OuZBoMFukx92w39eB6UNOQC-1QG6aUHv8PEs4-a9Fh2owDWdJg3dgF2baya07_yG8mfpec1Kh5_DsfsjSxY36yDr-JGbiVVfjSOu19AlOK_6dBxGVHC_9ITxzoci_J/s480/2023-12-191.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="462" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgAQmHzRzdVVNdisb6M5unWmC65wbZy4YpZDusa57jUtrNgud5LMWB-Q-R99OuZBoMFukx92w39eB6UNOQC-1QG6aUHv8PEs4-a9Fh2owDWdJg3dgF2baya07_yG8mfpec1Kh5_DsfsjSxY36yDr-JGbiVVfjSOu19AlOK_6dBxGVHC_9ITxzoci_J/w616-h640/2023-12-191.jpg" width="616" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christmas lights in the city, during the day time</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Friday 24th</b> - I hosted a lunch for the committee of the Community Harvest, plus 2 others that helped us at the Canning show earlier in the month. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Everyone brought food, I baked a Lemon cake and a Caramel pudding.</span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGKlRKXQ1PyMADk-v1yLuHY_MGa6i6OCnSGjDnLSYOa78plqNk0z8jooxixjF_Khnl90KJ3p-jk0pPQvVxe_PnE9fCScRebiMDStYbMzKSFtxFoHYF4FZWhX5w9lKV0xJ97IrRUI7yAbGylh4EOfjJTzs5T2mSBECGS8bIOKIC3in6FJuDW7C-lyIv/s480/2023-12-193.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="144" data-original-width="480" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGKlRKXQ1PyMADk-v1yLuHY_MGa6i6OCnSGjDnLSYOa78plqNk0z8jooxixjF_Khnl90KJ3p-jk0pPQvVxe_PnE9fCScRebiMDStYbMzKSFtxFoHYF4FZWhX5w9lKV0xJ97IrRUI7yAbGylh4EOfjJTzs5T2mSBECGS8bIOKIC3in6FJuDW7C-lyIv/w640-h192/2023-12-193.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meat balls, home-made pasta, salad, my Caramel pudding, Arancini balls, my lemon cake</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Saturday 25th </b>- we met up with friends W & L in <b>Subiaco</b>. They have recently sold their beautiful house that backed onto the Canning River, (remember where I would go once in a while and take photos of the black swans and ducks?) and they've downsized to a small unit in the inner-city suburb of Subiaco. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We visited the "<b>Subi night markets</b>",that run every Saturday from November to April, with various food vans, and live music.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiQ2R12xEzStLyWnuGq0Uah4gyvMmDe4sIbn7QJri5BJBX2BjiTJkEHKMOg2tyBW7kpjGf3b_fmncWjTfekOGwsny3VJ-7tddD4l3FhXyfzbbsGhK_h0x7Q_ZRIDWXhE61njUDnkVxD3hLjh9Es9kdjsuGy2u1jx18rgcnD8s5aeQ6EU-gsOXVet8K/s480/20231125_200327-001.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="264" data-original-width="480" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiQ2R12xEzStLyWnuGq0Uah4gyvMmDe4sIbn7QJri5BJBX2BjiTJkEHKMOg2tyBW7kpjGf3b_fmncWjTfekOGwsny3VJ-7tddD4l3FhXyfzbbsGhK_h0x7Q_ZRIDWXhE61njUDnkVxD3hLjh9Es9kdjsuGy2u1jx18rgcnD8s5aeQ6EU-gsOXVet8K/w640-h352/20231125_200327-001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnrzG7oAJ6oG-8ax-A4SYlxI0duSFFmKj0jLXVnSe9mfSxkwEHCu1HbWzUJis6hbWJjO31WDULjM-ugCoda2Xiuog9Mm8ceaqLI261rjd95Syksq7mY1nxdYQ91b6BOMbLxVqkG4YRKp9duz_JU2aUBuDqEkzsgJKQlMBxYSICZHs3AYR1pM9nXsIq/s480/2023-12-196.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="480" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnrzG7oAJ6oG-8ax-A4SYlxI0duSFFmKj0jLXVnSe9mfSxkwEHCu1HbWzUJis6hbWJjO31WDULjM-ugCoda2Xiuog9Mm8ceaqLI261rjd95Syksq7mY1nxdYQ91b6BOMbLxVqkG4YRKp9duz_JU2aUBuDqEkzsgJKQlMBxYSICZHs3AYR1pM9nXsIq/w640-h534/2023-12-196.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mr Canoli van where Jose bought pastries, one was meant to be Portuguese tart, but not really...</td></tr></tbody></table><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt56mSGHPmdEyj3ZBB8fQfim7cu6S8pCZVu9uiYRdIF6vNETa_x9-_XlVPp_bJ6qpcGWW1sWvykFi0sWi03JkBF-elCOUH2akcMTCU0ahudhyphenhyphen6Qnnxgn6OOkTy1tiy1gVb9j40u8bVqY_tmQbittBjN2lpGCpuTiJK55SeB8e8tbVrw6nw_30y-lg5/s480/2023-12-192.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="480" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt56mSGHPmdEyj3ZBB8fQfim7cu6S8pCZVu9uiYRdIF6vNETa_x9-_XlVPp_bJ6qpcGWW1sWvykFi0sWi03JkBF-elCOUH2akcMTCU0ahudhyphenhyphen6Qnnxgn6OOkTy1tiy1gVb9j40u8bVqY_tmQbittBjN2lpGCpuTiJK55SeB8e8tbVrw6nw_30y-lg5/w640-h448/2023-12-192.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Afterwards we walked around the main streets admiring the Christmas street decorations.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpl1rGnTbVk3tYh4U7dnfwXu3aG7YEDmWgjhkbi-vZrMPvNmORUUpz6eWgCOanuG29NQuJI_BARvxh1dL79VRPXtT5S6FVF5K_IJtpIVWEGZ_6WIN8m3_v-yIXXb2fAWsOYfWMwJlik3zgOPQUsbx2AxYQ4TJc1HBQX1394laPzJeNlZhZzUD5mu6B/s480/2023-12-19.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="462" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpl1rGnTbVk3tYh4U7dnfwXu3aG7YEDmWgjhkbi-vZrMPvNmORUUpz6eWgCOanuG29NQuJI_BARvxh1dL79VRPXtT5S6FVF5K_IJtpIVWEGZ_6WIN8m3_v-yIXXb2fAWsOYfWMwJlik3zgOPQUsbx2AxYQ4TJc1HBQX1394laPzJeNlZhZzUD5mu6B/w616-h640/2023-12-19.jpg" width="616" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Subiaco Christmas lights trail</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Sunday 26th</b> - Voting at the Portuguese club from 8am to 7pm for the <b>Council of the Portuguese Communities</b>. Jose was in one of the 3 lists (one from Melbourne, 2 from Perth, Sydney had no representative this time) and I was on the voting table the whole day!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The registered voters from Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide and Darwin were only 2247, but only 142 people voted!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Just in Perth there must be over 12 thousand Portuguese residing here, but also just about 400 are registered at the Consulate....</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Another anomaly is Darwin voters would have to vote in Perth, even though they are a 4 hour flight away. Obviously, the Portuguese governors have no idea of the size of this country, as even in Perth people can live about 1 hour from the Consulate in Fremantle, and obviously those didn't bother to come and vote either - voting should either be online or by post if they want people to vote!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Anyway, Manuela and Jose didn't win,the young lady and partner from Perth won.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Thursday 30th</b> - the month ended with our 43rd wedding anniversary celebration with dinner at <b>Yuki Japanese Restaurant</b>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6hR-J9K62IFi_JDo5N9oKkY10UdIzHIBhAggxbGP6efCx6XU2thfLtIv3fm837XEbG4Gfy0eBa-_LsH49wbFLgrwPPf7jq2wRVsTNxzSphyphenhyphenukP6Exa4BHyVw6z6vdJj2SdX6kQV-ckK-UFo2IA4UvylLAyWxOi9SpsZYsqTSSP-xfDs6A56pxHjU/s480/20221126_225807.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="344" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6hR-J9K62IFi_JDo5N9oKkY10UdIzHIBhAggxbGP6efCx6XU2thfLtIv3fm837XEbG4Gfy0eBa-_LsH49wbFLgrwPPf7jq2wRVsTNxzSphyphenhyphenukP6Exa4BHyVw6z6vdJj2SdX6kQV-ckK-UFo2IA4UvylLAyWxOi9SpsZYsqTSSP-xfDs6A56pxHjU/w458-h640/20221126_225807.jpg" width="458" /></a></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh89gkuOfYGNox_7SDPP8V3KErpakexL6jb2PJ55QwAheuVdQL53GrFz_SpkwGaicFPqHBRoskrWLHkFckoCT3K2RtA4HWOgzkrHNZCLxSajE3lELS6dI8FHItQEdeCvW-2yA4diwusePbM01gYOYGDNBXQNJP10EjXdW_AmfwnLzqFKAc1ZBSXLHYL/s480/2023-12-197.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="306" data-original-width="480" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh89gkuOfYGNox_7SDPP8V3KErpakexL6jb2PJ55QwAheuVdQL53GrFz_SpkwGaicFPqHBRoskrWLHkFckoCT3K2RtA4HWOgzkrHNZCLxSajE3lELS6dI8FHItQEdeCvW-2yA4diwusePbM01gYOYGDNBXQNJP10EjXdW_AmfwnLzqFKAc1ZBSXLHYL/w640-h408/2023-12-197.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Food at Yuki Japanese Restaurant</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">* * * * * * * * </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKLBmaVCORAy69cI8mXEQhv7ibwGGRvvgfQ47bbhMvK5Cbla0WlWg8EnzNKaQ_fkow1AkBXmyNIyBGCYyOTxJUO4GN9EkyIQMruJY8Cp6Mf9wJeoWyZqBVgEACzVE5DFn_gsxPRpfx0rKkGRyP_lG517ffrVDUak4Hpe-skkOoI0bikmM5SL4LocHE/s480/20231106_165125.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="319" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKLBmaVCORAy69cI8mXEQhv7ibwGGRvvgfQ47bbhMvK5Cbla0WlWg8EnzNKaQ_fkow1AkBXmyNIyBGCYyOTxJUO4GN9EkyIQMruJY8Cp6Mf9wJeoWyZqBVgEACzVE5DFn_gsxPRpfx0rKkGRyP_lG517ffrVDUak4Hpe-skkOoI0bikmM5SL4LocHE/w426-h640/20231106_165125.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's Jacaranda season at the moment - a tree near my street</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipNwZTZ2Aynr_Gz3YpgwdpszmBzcbM9HcsHX21xoTudhkEQNRE_1VQ_X26jcOCeRr5Pv_lZN0-15zEVNCjEgJkHL1RLWKuXO9CXsWhYJ0TY4bj_Kgwp6Kw0RJe7s1di9hth-ZynmZbpBpLcPyvWkZdV5dLJ6s4vqHSN9iSuHOHTA-LSvsKxIz4lxcd/s480/2023-12-194.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="480" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipNwZTZ2Aynr_Gz3YpgwdpszmBzcbM9HcsHX21xoTudhkEQNRE_1VQ_X26jcOCeRr5Pv_lZN0-15zEVNCjEgJkHL1RLWKuXO9CXsWhYJ0TY4bj_Kgwp6Kw0RJe7s1di9hth-ZynmZbpBpLcPyvWkZdV5dLJ6s4vqHSN9iSuHOHTA-LSvsKxIz4lxcd/w640-h426/2023-12-194.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Visiting birds</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN2aiUOAircks0Wrgn0jcy9s9_Dfspvuu7p3LQPywBgZZN37BYSuaNJ9Z-hphnxZpaVmhIVYImFctK6aEWloND0cyYpcIRPGcXb0eo7OKKKFPTUpubQbmJphMJclxm1dIkfoyfkCeh4kKAA9K-bmWq8p8Ud-rJoHLaI9b0148WkY45hQsV9sxJezB7/s480/20231121_170316.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="464" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN2aiUOAircks0Wrgn0jcy9s9_Dfspvuu7p3LQPywBgZZN37BYSuaNJ9Z-hphnxZpaVmhIVYImFctK6aEWloND0cyYpcIRPGcXb0eo7OKKKFPTUpubQbmJphMJclxm1dIkfoyfkCeh4kKAA9K-bmWq8p8Ud-rJoHLaI9b0148WkY45hQsV9sxJezB7/w618-h640/20231121_170316.jpg" width="618" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Why a cow on top of the liquor store?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpG6sZi6Zv0zDkQlMQPwTLiKKsijg6ZuflhQctv04viKQxjn8t3wLUKkIhxQ2FiVqzdTpTh33M6PLfa0D7hRaG6FqcgNgZOxw2u_PSo-ZBReDvh77R7qbfIiwb_cwsvMSvVWtpYwz-0l2HyMv7g3G7Vvx6pOBtgEmv10IvVjjIuslrDKqD16PXQrdL/s480/20231122_144441.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="218" data-original-width="480" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpG6sZi6Zv0zDkQlMQPwTLiKKsijg6ZuflhQctv04viKQxjn8t3wLUKkIhxQ2FiVqzdTpTh33M6PLfa0D7hRaG6FqcgNgZOxw2u_PSo-ZBReDvh77R7qbfIiwb_cwsvMSvVWtpYwz-0l2HyMv7g3G7Vvx6pOBtgEmv10IvVjjIuslrDKqD16PXQrdL/w640-h290/20231122_144441.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anti-social behaviour will not be tolerated. If you see it, or hear it, tell us about it (sign on train)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmrbQMsGV9byGNQb7gPMgyXOVGpEITsOH51HW2ciil4YV33p-3VkP_7sH7K91Jp3REVxEksHXUvgBPPpekrFgE5lXoZwaj6JhdBIUgvhVr02nKhiSjlbsmiYnu_YyPp9SF2LiePpGqKINQcg5K-8als1Mk4MyXB33jvBUsXMa6LZaLE81wtgujcU8a/s480/20231110_200336.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="355" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmrbQMsGV9byGNQb7gPMgyXOVGpEITsOH51HW2ciil4YV33p-3VkP_7sH7K91Jp3REVxEksHXUvgBPPpekrFgE5lXoZwaj6JhdBIUgvhVr02nKhiSjlbsmiYnu_YyPp9SF2LiePpGqKINQcg5K-8als1Mk4MyXB33jvBUsXMa6LZaLE81wtgujcU8a/w474-h640/20231110_200336.jpg" width="474" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas and may the New Year bring peace to the world!</span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVK1ug0dCLGA42nGFL8I4ytU27USuJWbcntsmTW9PbSvbRhLB7Hj5UY86umLw5cU6n_1xHxVUHoqhmq1mCfWhBG7S8b8aViOU3TMM4xBuFsXE4vYdNKEaIpV7geLyVSvtJBdH3uyXLYFts0JR2N_EmWhqn2PInPqBGeFRlN6jIRVUHvI38Qrj8ANxm/s480/20231207_132002.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVK1ug0dCLGA42nGFL8I4ytU27USuJWbcntsmTW9PbSvbRhLB7Hj5UY86umLw5cU6n_1xHxVUHoqhmq1mCfWhBG7S8b8aViOU3TMM4xBuFsXE4vYdNKEaIpV7geLyVSvtJBdH3uyXLYFts0JR2N_EmWhqn2PInPqBGeFRlN6jIRVUHvI38Qrj8ANxm/w486-h640/20231207_132002.jpg" width="486" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christmas bear at my local shopping centre</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p></div></div>Samihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467163627586022816noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858901934141711052.post-68742973860975880002023-12-18T00:01:00.016+08:002024-03-03T23:09:12.502+08:00Monday Mural - Unity<p><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;">I love murals and street art. If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;">this meme is </span><span style="text-align: justify;">for you. J</span><span style="text-align: justify;">ust follow the </span><b style="text-align: justify;">Linky</b><span style="text-align: justify;"> st</span><span style="text-align: justify;">eps below. Once you start looking you will find murals everywhere. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">The "Monday Mural" meme goes live on Monday at 12,01AM, Perth,Western Australian time. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to your mural finds this week.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Thanks Sami</span> </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I think this would be a good mural for Christmas - UNITY</span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Painted in May 2023, by artist <b>Nick Zafir</b> with the collaboration of community members of different cultural backgrounds, it can be seen on the walls of the <b>Hillview Community Centre </b>in the suburb of St James, city of Canning.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">This mural celebrates the difference, diverse backgrounds and intercultural connections between the communities living in the area served by the Community Centre, with collages with patters from various cultures. Within the word <b>UNITY</b> there are </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia;">embedded </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia;">translations of the word unity in different languages.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">One of the most prominent members of this community, Judy, who is also a driving force behind the Community Centre, leading various projects like "People helping people" - cooking lunch every Friday for whoever shows up; distributing food parcels to the more vulnerable; etc, was a bit disappointed that her beloved dog Piper (who recently died) was not portrayed in the </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">mural, as he was a fixture at the Community Centre and known to many in the area.</span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b style="color: #222222;">This will be my last mural for the year 2023</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">, as Monday 25th is Christmas Day and Monday 1st January is New Year's day.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">We will also be away from the 27th to the 2nd January for a short break in our camper van.</span></span></p><p><i style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Thanks to all that participate in Monday Murals, it's very much appreciated, we all love to see the wonderful murals from around the world.</i></p><p><i style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I wish all my readers and blogging friends a most wonderful Christmas and may the New Year bring you health, happiness and peace.</i></p><p><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; 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<!--end LinkyTools script-->Samihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467163627586022816noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858901934141711052.post-7505743717625221252023-12-11T00:01:00.002+08:002024-03-03T23:08:14.661+08:00Monday Murals - Cockatoos<p><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;">I love murals and street art. If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;">this meme is </span><span style="text-align: justify;">for you. J</span><span style="text-align: justify;">ust follow the </span><b style="text-align: justify;">Linky</b><span style="text-align: justify;"> st</span><span style="text-align: justify;">eps below. Once you start looking you will find murals everywhere. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">The "Monday Mural" meme goes live on Monday at 12,01AM, Perth,Western Australian time. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to your mural finds this week.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Thanks Sami</span> </span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">On the corner of Murray and Outram streets on the outskirts of Perth's city centre, I came across this mural by <b>Amok Island</b>, a Dutch born artist who resides in Fremantle (Perth). If he wasn't an artist he would have been a biologist, and his illustrations embody the accuracy and precision of technical drawings used for identification purposes.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">"<b>Major Mitchell Cockatoos</b>" was painted in 2018 and was commissioned by mining consultant firm <b>Entech </b>whose offices are just around the corner.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihMdKJb0e0jUBbe5Jg1uon9EEgllZ3Bik37E55upHX14RpkztyDMXnNeEukq1uP81kaRbSv6FHW2TbbVVkvnP4JNAKZOoVFWA_13KR3cvbUkRe-Q1D6ejWO0_94_sZ2qI_SQPJHJe5UCc2jPaEASPg8RT2MhpW53vhQ86dVIK64VWjVZiv5aWneZy5/s480/20230513_144528.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihMdKJb0e0jUBbe5Jg1uon9EEgllZ3Bik37E55upHX14RpkztyDMXnNeEukq1uP81kaRbSv6FHW2TbbVVkvnP4JNAKZOoVFWA_13KR3cvbUkRe-Q1D6ejWO0_94_sZ2qI_SQPJHJe5UCc2jPaEASPg8RT2MhpW53vhQ86dVIK64VWjVZiv5aWneZy5/w640-h480/20230513_144528.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<!--end LinkyTools script-->Samihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467163627586022816noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858901934141711052.post-22029096439841138632023-12-04T00:01:00.002+08:002024-03-03T23:09:50.597+08:00Monday Murals - Bayswater Fair Trade Shop<p><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="text-align: justify;">I love murals and street art. If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="text-align: justify;">this meme is </span><span style="text-align: justify;">for you. J</span><span style="text-align: justify;">ust follow the </span><b style="text-align: justify;">Linky</b><span style="text-align: justify;"> st</span><span style="text-align: justify;">eps below. Once you start looking you will find murals everywhere. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">The "Monday Mural" meme goes live on Monday at 12,01AM, Perth,Western Australian time. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to your mural finds this week.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9; color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Thanks Sami</span> </span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">In King William Street, this big mural on the walls of the <b>Fair Trade Shop </b>(5-7 King William St) and Ray White Estate Agent shop. This massive mural was just recently (September) painted by the talented local artist <b>Graeme Miles Richards</b> with the help of the Baysie Rollers (network of volunteers focused on revitalising the Bayswater town centre through community engagement).</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">They plan to add seating and planter boxes to make the space user friendly.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0U4sLK2OhdJCvL6aPwGESLvuSCLPAUoyecTjhNzIblFgXxPlI3KOJ6pMhyphenhyphenaY__SatyDkL80jgRLEr27tMxI8G_33PBYEVAFmB6ucqGgoz693XTsHMvTPu3J2RW7F4AE8q7wzqSQPKyCMwIkHN2NbFNuRfXU3Wdx1YhGciLpGPC_V57tikaOFR_L5x/s480/20230829_135916.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="480" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0U4sLK2OhdJCvL6aPwGESLvuSCLPAUoyecTjhNzIblFgXxPlI3KOJ6pMhyphenhyphenaY__SatyDkL80jgRLEr27tMxI8G_33PBYEVAFmB6ucqGgoz693XTsHMvTPu3J2RW7F4AE8q7wzqSQPKyCMwIkHN2NbFNuRfXU3Wdx1YhGciLpGPC_V57tikaOFR_L5x/w640-h422/20230829_135916.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhATVHD9tvx6n5YqfiPdP1dbyAN5etnAGS9PYSE9cL41WYvpF1dBn1pVvw49sKprbLL-6aMsXxTKtvPfBsu-l2dUXEOuAkwgC7QlzumEzonijkez5luFiIusjEEQpUIxcXJzc9267aZT2d7MfYhz70vNXN3XeCbJcS5AQ6OF7SMAbMKAt6qeT6cfKAR/s480/20230829_135925.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="236" data-original-width="480" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhATVHD9tvx6n5YqfiPdP1dbyAN5etnAGS9PYSE9cL41WYvpF1dBn1pVvw49sKprbLL-6aMsXxTKtvPfBsu-l2dUXEOuAkwgC7QlzumEzonijkez5luFiIusjEEQpUIxcXJzc9267aZT2d7MfYhz70vNXN3XeCbJcS5AQ6OF7SMAbMKAt6qeT6cfKAR/w640-h314/20230829_135925.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibyyDsyCOxjxU8ic-AMKcp-O1Q2qRir0C6ArzNlFCkAZXnJ2mqJkJwvKm6mHdbL-aTjMWMbxWOoeThL6eoiQj0T96vMjGQ7UMXZkd8PvQX6GY5_dx4gaaNCeGaTqhJnmKK42tRzed_KphAUkbFL2J_pI5NbkUgljuG7tk8ugHdNUyyvllRdMNQ0D3m/s480/20230829_140006.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="299" data-original-width="480" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibyyDsyCOxjxU8ic-AMKcp-O1Q2qRir0C6ArzNlFCkAZXnJ2mqJkJwvKm6mHdbL-aTjMWMbxWOoeThL6eoiQj0T96vMjGQ7UMXZkd8PvQX6GY5_dx4gaaNCeGaTqhJnmKK42tRzed_KphAUkbFL2J_pI5NbkUgljuG7tk8ugHdNUyyvllRdMNQ0D3m/w640-h398/20230829_140006.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddiry_tQbPvtKrr2HSKes7EtSCwJDRfeWxNOps3JhJTu2eeMNdmMpZzgLBh9q0GK3pv5A93IVFMKGR2y7ElaeGwAgNbs3h8B4SSavMo5qRBPySQKhHdxz1L_aTnCfosh9dPYMZoMK3GhwFxuOP4Wkv05cyi8FrQBM5iruyQ_yx8BLAGVhW_fRib_v/s480/20230829_140027.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddiry_tQbPvtKrr2HSKes7EtSCwJDRfeWxNOps3JhJTu2eeMNdmMpZzgLBh9q0GK3pv5A93IVFMKGR2y7ElaeGwAgNbs3h8B4SSavMo5qRBPySQKhHdxz1L_aTnCfosh9dPYMZoMK3GhwFxuOP4Wkv05cyi8FrQBM5iruyQ_yx8BLAGVhW_fRib_v/w640-h640/20230829_140027.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKxM3DeDnx-fZ8PVATmH4pVMfd1OUXD4_h8BnP129ScVgokaNzvxGwZE-wFDsW9q4rf_0pW-xZxQ_zi-4XmzQTczE3h1Ua5RdRXpB4fwBpUKJT3bnggfA-Wh-qNZbkoygabA-tiSjrFbluDwCNfj-l24lxpNtgpPmd8o_7yHezY-phkC-X30GxRRD_/s480/20230829_140036.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKxM3DeDnx-fZ8PVATmH4pVMfd1OUXD4_h8BnP129ScVgokaNzvxGwZE-wFDsW9q4rf_0pW-xZxQ_zi-4XmzQTczE3h1Ua5RdRXpB4fwBpUKJT3bnggfA-Wh-qNZbkoygabA-tiSjrFbluDwCNfj-l24lxpNtgpPmd8o_7yHezY-phkC-X30GxRRD_/w640-h640/20230829_140036.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
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Samihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467163627586022816noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858901934141711052.post-61308538896328798082023-11-29T21:24:00.000+08:002023-11-29T21:24:21.776+08:00Personalised Number Plates <p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> For more signs from around the world <a href="http://backroadstraveller.blogspot.com/2023/11/signs2-malone-ny.html" target="_blank">check Tom's post</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiLKq2xMrzCTj1PpB4TGNKqlZ34921AzSfVkajva9TRupxu1UeSUyV01TrCzL60XLXtSMFXvTYaKwT7hzhcAjll0C5YaBJSNXJBYQVTtOBn7uZIWG_1sTRV5cHnCs3ebb8BpwffxUIKOOZy-kMpvEVRMO6s_Hz2LXWoHDUaac52wZEvZkAW-UuDBj_/s480/20230721_114936.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiLKq2xMrzCTj1PpB4TGNKqlZ34921AzSfVkajva9TRupxu1UeSUyV01TrCzL60XLXtSMFXvTYaKwT7hzhcAjll0C5YaBJSNXJBYQVTtOBn7uZIWG_1sTRV5cHnCs3ebb8BpwffxUIKOOZy-kMpvEVRMO6s_Hz2LXWoHDUaac52wZEvZkAW-UuDBj_/w640-h640/20230721_114936.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;">this meme is </span><span style="text-align: justify;">for you. J</span><span style="text-align: justify;">ust follow the </span><b style="text-align: justify;">Linky</b><span style="text-align: justify;"> st</span><span style="text-align: justify;">eps below. Once you start looking you will find murals everywhere. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">The "Monday Mural" meme goes live on Monday at 12,01AM, Perth,Western Australian time. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to your mural finds this week.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Thanks Sami</span> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Another mural I spotted on the main street of the suburb of </span><b style="color: #222222;">Bayswater, </b><b style="color: #222222;"> </b><span style="color: #222222;">just north east of Perth's city centre.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This one was painted by <b>Melski McVee</b><b> </b>in 2017<b> </b>and can be found on King William Street on the boundary wall of the heritage Post office/Bendigo Bank building.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGfTMO3o2OM_jvknhvyNpsiD9kV-b-ulJWhlBGWQjlyyK7dL5X_ApHFyDrL46_J7U3G3vZAjGAM_5YKkAHDeeC_HJP5c4PbBTcZhIdJ9ZJWCL73_KtnG1RKjjR1b_DCV_EEbNf6lmyKBAySM1bqCJ9W1bR7DFku5Op2RYSVdP58VM5brASbh5HwtsV/s480/20230829_140205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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In the meantime some of them are quite blurry...</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC_3r2QL6ii5hfacQBa-ALO_ZuVl5d8jz2D4D0FO3n2_JN_BpOL4qwSEXsh45Mqik-LkUGx9T6Cfrzxr0vQs1wVuV5ENiiUDCoi-XAe_WDm1zevgf68C9P_W5Hh3Q5DH9BB6aGQEbcD4yJY7y77JUcaL15Q7_JGjlahQYiY2uecAE8b_cYOjm6yFOu/s480/20231010_162843.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="480" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC_3r2QL6ii5hfacQBa-ALO_ZuVl5d8jz2D4D0FO3n2_JN_BpOL4qwSEXsh45Mqik-LkUGx9T6Cfrzxr0vQs1wVuV5ENiiUDCoi-XAe_WDm1zevgf68C9P_W5Hh3Q5DH9BB6aGQEbcD4yJY7y77JUcaL15Q7_JGjlahQYiY2uecAE8b_cYOjm6yFOu/w640-h478/20231010_162843.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><span><b><br /></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><span><b><br /></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><span><b><br /></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><span><b><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><span><b>Friday 6th</b> - A couple of months ago </span><span>I had booked 4 "free tickets" to attend two very popular events in the city. The friends who were meant to come with us, were sick, so at the last minute I invited a neighbour and her daughter to accompany us to the events. </span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRj-qC2BQmO7Sgx9TfypkBbd7S8E7XnMD5rELw_5BwZgKra0NbW9GpNqRBo7PTZSOmigfCNf738D7az_8xbtLNMoSCKfhyphenhyphenjN9FMIcAAbup5HiEuuNEdOP-N7O97UPQbBwtJrVoNsBRmbucZ-FCu9pdICLR8C0mjNo_pYYRmW0Jo4bLjJlORYqsvXLd/s480/20231006_215556-001.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="217" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRj-qC2BQmO7Sgx9TfypkBbd7S8E7XnMD5rELw_5BwZgKra0NbW9GpNqRBo7PTZSOmigfCNf738D7az_8xbtLNMoSCKfhyphenhyphenjN9FMIcAAbup5HiEuuNEdOP-N7O97UPQbBwtJrVoNsBRmbucZ-FCu9pdICLR8C0mjNo_pYYRmW0Jo4bLjJlORYqsvXLd/w290-h640/20231006_215556-001.jpg" width="290" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sign in the train</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We took the train into the city and walked 10 minutes to the </span><b style="font-family: georgia;">Government House Gardens</b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> for our first experience - "</span><b style="font-family: georgia;">Fire Gardens Festival</b><span style="font-family: georgia;">".</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #424c54;">The fire gardens consisted of </span><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #424c54;">28,000 individual fires</strong><span face=""Source Sans Pro", "Open Sans", Roboto, "Work Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #424c54;"> </span><span face=""Source Sans Pro", "Open Sans", Roboto, "Work Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #424c54;">(which made the warm evening even hotter), scattered around the huge gardens, right in the centre of town, and the event attracted almost 45 thousand people to the Government House </span><span face=""Source Sans Pro", "Open Sans", Roboto, "Work Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #424c54;">gardens to experience the wonderland of firelight, kinetic sculptures and live music.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJPoGIZBSoLTZ6mGelZrOQ6rEf8MxtXLrqJJCKA9aLdd7oo5d1skzHOCdVO48cUbJ88gUcOoMdsrGTTsuFJJWikOLIvrPpGDp71rs5lmx1OYDhl2z5cfq3Go0HNXwLIFiSHA_EyZaLoXVCsxfJYWT2lD92MfUD41j1nOhPVZjRfQJmVjzDYddE3LhC/s480/20231006_191829.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="317" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJPoGIZBSoLTZ6mGelZrOQ6rEf8MxtXLrqJJCKA9aLdd7oo5d1skzHOCdVO48cUbJ88gUcOoMdsrGTTsuFJJWikOLIvrPpGDp71rs5lmx1OYDhl2z5cfq3Go0HNXwLIFiSHA_EyZaLoXVCsxfJYWT2lD92MfUD41j1nOhPVZjRfQJmVjzDYddE3LhC/w422-h640/20231006_191829.jpg" width="422" /></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZl79101BKVkvAiyNFh-x1vUef_nkN577VWGKOEIMN2mfyeFtbpUigG_wYrSEtyXZ0vxqy9qXpVRIlpCJmWstOH2OrKVC1orU0E3gn0A8huhDw3SQkoWRQvET37nUtfEVIZbLteBiugT6skohZ3c6APTG608PC_QdwsAk40gA7E4QOU8zZSLI-vGry/s480/2023%20October3.jpg" style="clear: left; 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color: #0b2928; font-family: georgia;">Boorna Waanginy) </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>lights festival</b>. It consisted of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-family: georgia;">3D projections telling stories about WA’s beautiful South-West and the culture that has nurtured this cherished land for millennia.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Previously held in the Summer of 2017 and 2019, the festival attracted 300 thousand people then.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxosV1je7GRWVy1EPccwv_1mYrLPI0CVyT7O7R-V7TTnU4w_lgYZx3iXe1Ym3cZ7Nst6N_RI9BNG1c5LuQmwN4Nb-beY341J-0BU7U9zFPzASgCZsczUrw6yQVpYCpL95aRTSPLfOskAwBua75fC1e3-z7G6QDIWQ4b3vYDHIaom4njZopvog6TKTo/s480/2023%20October2.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="306" data-original-width="480" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxosV1je7GRWVy1EPccwv_1mYrLPI0CVyT7O7R-V7TTnU4w_lgYZx3iXe1Ym3cZ7Nst6N_RI9BNG1c5LuQmwN4Nb-beY341J-0BU7U9zFPzASgCZsczUrw6yQVpYCpL95aRTSPLfOskAwBua75fC1e3-z7G6QDIWQ4b3vYDHIaom4njZopvog6TKTo/w640-h408/2023%20October2.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-family: georgia;">Over 1,4km (0,87 mile) on the main road of Kings Park, p</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-family: georgia;">eople flowed through an immersive tunnel of wonder through s</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-family: georgia;">ix Noongar seasons (the Aboriginal people consider we have 6 seasons instead of 4), and stories of this land : fires, rain, plants coming to life and birds and animals roaming around, as Kings Parks majestic trees became a moving canvas speaking of the splendour and diversity of Noongar Boodjar (land of the local Aboriginal) and the urgent need to protect the land we share.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQN-6jxBS3hF9olSAvHvjO__YYphfdEgE2xraQ9O-GUKrmWVygC7fiRtIH867SlO_pavZcVFivYVWXi632sb3ra6ARQpLcLNgHg9o9bafJn3_AZyWR0jS6jZ1XmcKU_IK3-vqjJhFLJFCsvAgvdTytBwuWixCCOfH1Ilg3oQEku-Kx3l_uF2GMsvC/s480/20231006_202428.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; 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color: #212529; font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><br /><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Saturday 7th</b><span> - Jose and I attended a dinner/dance at the Portuguese Club for the </span><b>WA Portuguese of the Year Awards. </b><span>There are n</span><span>ominations in 6 categories - Business, Profession, Arts & Culture, Sport, Community and Youth.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">One person wins for each category - and then one person/persons is given the main award - WA Portuguese of the Year - this year it was won by 2 older men who have been in Radio for many years.</span></div><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOTbVkPQsVqfLAMSWM3z-g-2rjCsdxcic_6qvYrKMkLMbcYR_0l0wqBHqW7FBc-9zF2d-6Mo7bgIlUHSex74pX-UKE4ISyDhR5wLrSQAstdTgxHAMjaT1JPD2D1COfHxYa4mGuLIfCxQW3nSSqFUFYThpGOg_y97DsgC_TB0oRn6rp2k2svZZ0LpIx/s480/2023%20October5.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="480" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOTbVkPQsVqfLAMSWM3z-g-2rjCsdxcic_6qvYrKMkLMbcYR_0l0wqBHqW7FBc-9zF2d-6Mo7bgIlUHSex74pX-UKE4ISyDhR5wLrSQAstdTgxHAMjaT1JPD2D1COfHxYa4mGuLIfCxQW3nSSqFUFYThpGOg_y97DsgC_TB0oRn6rp2k2svZZ0LpIx/w640-h448/2023%20October5.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Dinner was excellent - with 1/2 lobster for starters, then alternating serve of chicken or fish. Dessert was 2 balls of ice-cream with strawberries, and there was cake served with coffee or tea.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></b></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi763oXb7SjxaWPC0E-iSYTT2U6ZAwhyphenhyphenC-W5L5EavgxFbpqN5weEvTlWXQuWcM0Oq_mOrBww4styC9hmlZ4kCULkIoVzY6HsZF_zhF359sRegT3zYfZ2R10LpFTREIrZ3aoq_NREboyVhwuOi9ZKC8-gcJnOi9UPxfArkSI7wmyYeJZjaHDT6KReG8R/s480/2023%20October4.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="480" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi763oXb7SjxaWPC0E-iSYTT2U6ZAwhyphenhyphenC-W5L5EavgxFbpqN5weEvTlWXQuWcM0Oq_mOrBww4styC9hmlZ4kCULkIoVzY6HsZF_zhF359sRegT3zYfZ2R10LpFTREIrZ3aoq_NREboyVhwuOi9ZKC8-gcJnOi9UPxfArkSI7wmyYeJZjaHDT6KReG8R/w640-h256/2023%20October4.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">During and after dinner a band entertained the guests with some popular songs and we still danced a bit before leaving the party close to midnight.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Our 91 year old friend Idalia is always ready for a party, and we are her "taxi ride" on these occasions. She's always ready for a spot of dancing too. She's amazing! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: left; font-family: "Times New Roman"; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-transform: none; widows: 2; 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font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Tuesday 10th</b> - a new young Doctor started at our Clinic, much needed as we had been advertising for over 2 years!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: georgia;">Thursday 12th</b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> - we departed on a 5-day camping trip to try out our recently acquired and renovated camper trailer. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The destination was the town of </span><b style="font-family: georgia;">Cervantes</b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, just over 2 hours north of Perth.</span></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy-S7OYbkd4S4yh-rwrJsK7iDEYeiLgVi8eEwbp2DtEXJ21kY0UXWfu-uXkb5lr9LG5feT-_UlpiyYicR29Ff40badlFkU0tvN3xTHwHHxFW6RWWGW2daBZGtwhDlLXvJp0wUoqGlZGjoPqHhFlBdfDcyHaDd0p26CMS1JFLq_kDblIrH65X6lxXyR/s480/2023%20October8.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="480" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy-S7OYbkd4S4yh-rwrJsK7iDEYeiLgVi8eEwbp2DtEXJ21kY0UXWfu-uXkb5lr9LG5feT-_UlpiyYicR29Ff40badlFkU0tvN3xTHwHHxFW6RWWGW2daBZGtwhDlLXvJp0wUoqGlZGjoPqHhFlBdfDcyHaDd0p26CMS1JFLq_kDblIrH65X6lxXyR/w640-h256/2023%20October8.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> Along the way we stopped a couple of times to see some sights and arrived at the RAC camp grounds around 3pm, set-up and then relaxed. As the sun was coming down we walked to the seafront to see the sunset, then walked around the small town until it got dark and we returned to eat dinner. As soon as the sun set, the evening got very windy and cooler.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1aUSFv5fyxjfvPkFbScpvL3bVGVyQEXbskasRwfntFoiAKyr-MBKpH_jqSIW77zc9rn880EKl2bko05IA2qmCA7BxnWSeLnLyLWCcfY99kyOrm8oOUGUhMCB26Ors4Ivf5DoOMVG52oUPpPAhH9wJbgQhGuloHANmxWm9W04RXEmNTF_I8LcSViKW" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="144" data-original-width="320" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1aUSFv5fyxjfvPkFbScpvL3bVGVyQEXbskasRwfntFoiAKyr-MBKpH_jqSIW77zc9rn880EKl2bko05IA2qmCA7BxnWSeLnLyLWCcfY99kyOrm8oOUGUhMCB26Ors4Ivf5DoOMVG52oUPpPAhH9wJbgQhGuloHANmxWm9W04RXEmNTF_I8LcSViKW=w640-h288" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">metal sculpture of a windsurfing board at sunset</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU6aoBcYfBC_lxJy4k47aglyHc4c2VNy56g4MrVpBmpUd9u1Tw_niETVfaZin9qnaAnstXqK00GnsQZHluOOw_McwlsVkTnwI1lkL9Ygqhfh43MMAnrLlx7LcfFfjIduV4gUjJTXpryYogzeOXs3w_isk7J_ZAVTXSHd9rEOwjy3fPzfESMluUAnn3/s480/2023%20October9.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="480" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU6aoBcYfBC_lxJy4k47aglyHc4c2VNy56g4MrVpBmpUd9u1Tw_niETVfaZin9qnaAnstXqK00GnsQZHluOOw_McwlsVkTnwI1lkL9Ygqhfh43MMAnrLlx7LcfFfjIduV4gUjJTXpryYogzeOXs3w_isk7J_ZAVTXSHd9rEOwjy3fPzfESMluUAnn3/w640-h256/2023%20October9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset at the beach</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The facilities of the camping grounds were amazing with modern toilet/shower blocks, a communal kitchen with stoves, fridges, microwaves, toasters, kettles, etc. We basically only used the kettle and microwave, but many people were cooking from scratch and then sitting down at the tables to eat. Across from the kitchen there was a lounge with comfortable sofas and lots of people having a quiet time reading (no tv - only in the kitchen/dining).</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: georgia;">Cervantes - </b><span style="font-family: georgia;">the town with a population of about 500 was named after an American whaling ship which was wrecked off the coast in 1844. Strangely enough it then has many of its streets named after Spanish towns - Madrid, Catalonia, Cadiz, Cordoba, Malaga.... </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It is now a popular holiday destination known for its lobster industry and the nearby Pinnacles, and is also know as "stargazing" central and is an official Astrotourism town, with selected observing sites where you can observe the night sky</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUsH7_Ihq59xYq5SteI566inpzBcolMg8oYt4ul3_g1n5RrFoTOw-bbwiDBpCy_s9L__qcPuyQ9I0MuMM00-82Feck5vITf11kpkdowVFe0Pl-A-PLfwV-b3_0oI_mjQ98TQQzoAmIUNRwopqYqBBSpZZTqitzeDozlaQxCSWG2vnbYr5SvM4vX2lg/s480/2023%20October10.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="480" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUsH7_Ihq59xYq5SteI566inpzBcolMg8oYt4ul3_g1n5RrFoTOw-bbwiDBpCy_s9L__qcPuyQ9I0MuMM00-82Feck5vITf11kpkdowVFe0Pl-A-PLfwV-b3_0oI_mjQ98TQQzoAmIUNRwopqYqBBSpZZTqitzeDozlaQxCSWG2vnbYr5SvM4vX2lg/w640-h426/2023%20October10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spanish street names/ Lobster Shack - the most famous restaurant in Cervantes</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="-apple-system, Roboto, SegoeUI, "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Microsoft YaHei", "Meiryo UI", Meiryo, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The following day we drove along a dirt road to the nearby </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Hansen Bay.</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It was very windy and the beach was deserted. On our return we stopped at the <b>Hansen Bay Lookout</b>. It's worth climbing the stairs for a panoramic view of the bay and surrounding islands, Cervantes and the nearby Lake Thetis. </span></div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0dLlzJDjDaAAUe4vo29bh1n1ZJ5IwYnx1MHEARPXN-IMSSt4mAa3bhrOPCIwwoZtGK4b107zwW7mgHNBZNFtH93-2aK55OLltmPbuB-m9I9wp60l_ZSBbZLPpg0rvboeWZY38hwPSU7I_yd0gRp2Gs68-ragmQEyEhVwAtyfgaNfQx7hMPTltJDdt/s480/2023%20October12.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="480" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0dLlzJDjDaAAUe4vo29bh1n1ZJ5IwYnx1MHEARPXN-IMSSt4mAa3bhrOPCIwwoZtGK4b107zwW7mgHNBZNFtH93-2aK55OLltmPbuB-m9I9wp60l_ZSBbZLPpg0rvboeWZY38hwPSU7I_yd0gRp2Gs68-ragmQEyEhVwAtyfgaNfQx7hMPTltJDdt/w640-h384/2023%20October12.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The wood stair case to the lookout, at Hansen bay beach, view to Cervantes to the right<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The next stop was at <b>Lake Thetis - </b>home to thousands of <b>stromatolites</b> - layered rock-like formations crated by photosynthetic cyanobacteria - the salty lake is one of five places in Australia with living stromatolites, and they provide a record of the most ancient life forms on the planet! These are believed to be over 3000 year old!</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8UGaBvpy_WgLEqIPExosxPHFZ6qNnaTh4MV5rpGyDUUnUwEUFc2ey6Mwnv_TYx9Ju8wzo-w8eU3h85WHT0AbmLhn1JAG0mFCkh_j9mgMyNrdckQ5_KAYfQcvBW5ScjAZOmERNeSNZK7sSvxGlo78UAZ1a5CNUfUIE_dpAdF7b8BvJi1rVw3D0UmPh/s480/2023%20October14%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="480" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8UGaBvpy_WgLEqIPExosxPHFZ6qNnaTh4MV5rpGyDUUnUwEUFc2ey6Mwnv_TYx9Ju8wzo-w8eU3h85WHT0AbmLhn1JAG0mFCkh_j9mgMyNrdckQ5_KAYfQcvBW5ScjAZOmERNeSNZK7sSvxGlo78UAZ1a5CNUfUIE_dpAdF7b8BvJi1rVw3D0UmPh/w640-h256/2023%20October14%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2riJOF3Dr9T5HN8iB3wM530dZtD-4utMrd1V9aDkCdsBxdaYIySkljBS3agtv-D8E9D6-W2qxcYvRqBT774TuxU1GCJ3ZRjBdjthoFSM11Xka3PZxKzmrOD6X4IafVSH21fbNa0_BdSOmcfDg9g0UCN5kY6uaUiutLaLByhIQRIV1nBM_EVEEjYiv/s4000/20231013_122326.heic" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2riJOF3Dr9T5HN8iB3wM530dZtD-4utMrd1V9aDkCdsBxdaYIySkljBS3agtv-D8E9D6-W2qxcYvRqBT774TuxU1GCJ3ZRjBdjthoFSM11Xka3PZxKzmrOD6X4IafVSH21fbNa0_BdSOmcfDg9g0UCN5kY6uaUiutLaLByhIQRIV1nBM_EVEEjYiv/w640-h288/20231013_122326.heic" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stromatolites at Lake Thetis</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It was quite a hot day, 30C (86F), and the flies were relentless! One of the things we forgot to take was a hat with a net to protect against the "country" flies. We were constantly doing the "Australian Wave" </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">😆 (Look it up on youtube, you'll have a laugh)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">That evening we went to the <b>Pinnacles</b>, at the <b>Nambung National Park</b>, 20 minutes south of Cervantes, one of the major attractions in the area. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I've visited the Pinnacles various times, usually when we have overseas visitors, but this was the first time that we went to watch the sunset and look at the starlit sky.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmyvHYuedNhJkjsAK17HH-r5mZ8KSpMhAHR8L-vXqGX97-y39cVV7UxY8zJIl1I9Vysvz7XzsIP5CbHtBWhLuU7UBjjkE9WxHWANRhwDcwzTiPPDZys6vB64t_LKOchZ0p3UvSUSB-2CHP6DM0-euyWVZTBZoFnRe56NFZjoCgu3pDQpjgypgecOBB/s4624/20231013_182736.heic" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2084" data-original-width="4624" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmyvHYuedNhJkjsAK17HH-r5mZ8KSpMhAHR8L-vXqGX97-y39cVV7UxY8zJIl1I9Vysvz7XzsIP5CbHtBWhLuU7UBjjkE9WxHWANRhwDcwzTiPPDZys6vB64t_LKOchZ0p3UvSUSB-2CHP6DM0-euyWVZTBZoFnRe56NFZjoCgu3pDQpjgypgecOBB/w640-h288/20231013_182736.heic" width="640" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQQOA9flDBc7TPw08euN1D6iiLDljNGzNT9pPcy1pDDqYLtCra-gKZcE_I4Ur2gtX3TcX2280xMpkybUj2Ow-_bxsZl-yug5P0d8bkl01zaf-YlI-0gIwqeb-vauFmwPq3Cri_med_VJ_pbR9RXDvW-H0WZ-kou9CBtzqc0fEMe_h3rTcWWp8fHIEh/s4624/20231013_184512.heic" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2084" data-original-width="4624" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQQOA9flDBc7TPw08euN1D6iiLDljNGzNT9pPcy1pDDqYLtCra-gKZcE_I4Ur2gtX3TcX2280xMpkybUj2Ow-_bxsZl-yug5P0d8bkl01zaf-YlI-0gIwqeb-vauFmwPq3Cri_med_VJ_pbR9RXDvW-H0WZ-kou9CBtzqc0fEMe_h3rTcWWp8fHIEh/w640-h288/20231013_184512.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcDo7WCph5uHWrH6A9aj2s2AK7n5S9YMuriH-_bJ0eBnVATeGbgG5ecr4pIEgptPH_etMxCHO31O1flaCv6KYhRkg04sQj0-QMWFPDWDy7q_XKzSfI5pIINpiAItgK7fPlL7SPkABi_Uu4pDkdIZT6GeBO7OomVt0-10UgBSRcKkIrLnlUL83L_xqo/s4624/20231013_182853.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="2084" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcDo7WCph5uHWrH6A9aj2s2AK7n5S9YMuriH-_bJ0eBnVATeGbgG5ecr4pIEgptPH_etMxCHO31O1flaCv6KYhRkg04sQj0-QMWFPDWDy7q_XKzSfI5pIINpiAItgK7fPlL7SPkABi_Uu4pDkdIZT6GeBO7OomVt0-10UgBSRcKkIrLnlUL83L_xqo/w288-h640/20231013_182853.heic" width="288" /></a></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrPSiERLdEWVwZtIpIfdzUUMGZYDiOK1dhe9c4Q6WsQJrt1fP0LPz9fFjcfPZ65LDPjNGTjxqcx52c1odNXo9qxvZ-b26VVjgHiW_9ytk_ihEdcHUeAz29Gnbl9Kcso9Uxkax80Jne_mc4Aw-D5uSg_JFAQiuuTMOOag470muMNuclmcIJcmycEFBF/s480/2023%20October15.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="480" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrPSiERLdEWVwZtIpIfdzUUMGZYDiOK1dhe9c4Q6WsQJrt1fP0LPz9fFjcfPZ65LDPjNGTjxqcx52c1odNXo9qxvZ-b26VVjgHiW_9ytk_ihEdcHUeAz29Gnbl9Kcso9Uxkax80Jne_mc4Aw-D5uSg_JFAQiuuTMOOag470muMNuclmcIJcmycEFBF/w640-h426/2023%20October15.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset at the Pinnacles - from the Desert View Lookout<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Nambung National Park</b> spans about 190 hectares and contains thousands of pinnacles, from a few centimetres high to 5 metres high! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We paid an entrance fee of $15 (at that time the office was closed), but there is a trust box where you can leave your money or pay by card on the ticket machine. There are well maintained toilets and bbq facilities.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The Pinnacle formations are made from limestone, from broken seashells and coral being blown inland and exposed to the elements. One theory suggests they were the result of extremely large limestone deposits being eroded by the weather over time. Another theory states that they were originally tree casts or roots, made solid by the calcium present in the sand and covered in limestone.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The Pinnacles are thought to be between 25,000 and 30,000 years old. However, the Pinnacles Desert was not widely known until the 20th century, and Nambung National Park itself was only created in 1994 when three reserve areas were combined.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">You can either walk the 1,2km (0.75mile) loop getting close to the pinnacles or drive the 4km (2.49 mile)gravel </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">road. There are parking bays along the track, so you can stop and explore.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #0d354a; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The<b> Desert View Lookout</b> if the perfect stop for spectacular photos and also the ideal spot to catch the sunset.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4YDC3ZZdO-w1snSwbFYFY8j68Zlu4hRCuwJnU65ERNeTe5q3uA8MUad-ZU9kng4NfdQGk427itqgK93d6T-g4HozckF-_iRKmeKNyfmPVqGVhIarojMQ17IqLRmoJZo4WcHCS4D0aL8YKzOncmwEkEdQ9KRqfyud7E9M84KvFHY6GDv4pzLzIAJc4/s4624/20231013_184954.heic" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2084" data-original-width="4624" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4YDC3ZZdO-w1snSwbFYFY8j68Zlu4hRCuwJnU65ERNeTe5q3uA8MUad-ZU9kng4NfdQGk427itqgK93d6T-g4HozckF-_iRKmeKNyfmPVqGVhIarojMQ17IqLRmoJZo4WcHCS4D0aL8YKzOncmwEkEdQ9KRqfyud7E9M84KvFHY6GDv4pzLzIAJc4/w640-h288/20231013_184954.heic" width="640" /></a><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #0d354a; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjDlKwJNBhydAbShMHba6Nj3LA0RoT1Y44AlsqMpNFeJGXlLDhagXtF-u9eKMpPD5_GqJynol1U9fndZTRKq0uY4TaW4ncC7n-kpl1dXQHgC_EEmMgEUtMLYRtQa4g5ZZtDeOhkaiSgW3soWzJM_dq-WXMvac2ResyL-UGf3XtplRR7kMkR7Bx9ux7/s480/2023%20October16.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="480" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjDlKwJNBhydAbShMHba6Nj3LA0RoT1Y44AlsqMpNFeJGXlLDhagXtF-u9eKMpPD5_GqJynol1U9fndZTRKq0uY4TaW4ncC7n-kpl1dXQHgC_EEmMgEUtMLYRtQa4g5ZZtDeOhkaiSgW3soWzJM_dq-WXMvac2ResyL-UGf3XtplRR7kMkR7Bx9ux7/w640-h426/2023%20October16.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The Pinnacles Desert is also the perfect destination for astronomy enthusiasts as it’s free from the bright city lights. Sunset Stargazing Tours run from Perth, including a dinner in the desert, spectacular sunset views over the desert, and a breathtaking guided stargazing experience after dark. Where better to view the milky way than in the middle of the desert? </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We came across 3 tours while we were there, all waiting for the sunset while nibbling on their cheese and crackers and a telescope nearby to watch the stars later on.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I also took photos of the thousands of stars with my mobile phone, but they aren't very good... And then we drove back to Cervantes, slowly as kangaroos have a habit of jumping on the road after dusk. The sunset and night views were a great experience!</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia;">Saturday 14th</b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia;"> - A 31C day, and we went to lunch at the </span><b style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia;">Lobster Shack -</b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia;"> a must </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">when you travel to this area.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUlrO4uPnFQRSb65bDpWA8ypChyphenhyphenNR5y3OCHJGXpfJHuU2b_h4pmEca3huLmgoQnOgJqTApUOqnL7biYo24G6dFeqF5htRdIHdjq9AAtTMmyJL5whuM_E1DHINEsknOF3Iulh_FO9ncbhaoh6_KisNIxgGf9xzp6i4-zl_pIRJrqe7yxxmj621i58YR/s4624/20231014_141515.heic" style="background-color: transparent; clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2084" data-original-width="4624" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUlrO4uPnFQRSb65bDpWA8ypChyphenhyphenNR5y3OCHJGXpfJHuU2b_h4pmEca3huLmgoQnOgJqTApUOqnL7biYo24G6dFeqF5htRdIHdjq9AAtTMmyJL5whuM_E1DHINEsknOF3Iulh_FO9ncbhaoh6_KisNIxgGf9xzp6i4-zl_pIRJrqe7yxxmj621i58YR/w640-h288/20231014_141515.heic" width="640" /></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Owned by a family who pioneered rock lobster fishing in the area, the Lobster Shack has a warehouse where visitors can experience all aspects of the rock lobster industry - fishing and processing methods (tour fee applies), and then go next door to the restaurant for a delicious seafood meal, while looking out to the beautiful turquoise waters. If you don't like seafood, beef burgers are available.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We went for the WA Rock Lobster grilled with garlic butter (for Jose) and Lobster Thermidor (for e). </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJdZSKaRHX3BvHl58RebwKe4z4dTpgS6d5gwlzecxqBnre383hxHKGfwabakpvRihCzS5JpGT52GxpVAHOqEjFYrJgE1n2BcWJQlCAQ7yCnk5x0iMsMMsV0jOmIhfcDsK8xmyvO7CHGSZ_Z0ReWweIicsNUYsQRRLN0GC2MWYqqw4uY4qjXyV6BRdq/s4624/20231014_141011.heic" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2084" data-original-width="4624" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJdZSKaRHX3BvHl58RebwKe4z4dTpgS6d5gwlzecxqBnre383hxHKGfwabakpvRihCzS5JpGT52GxpVAHOqEjFYrJgE1n2BcWJQlCAQ7yCnk5x0iMsMMsV0jOmIhfcDsK8xmyvO7CHGSZ_Z0ReWweIicsNUYsQRRLN0GC2MWYqqw4uY4qjXyV6BRdq/w640-h288/20231014_141011.heic" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the Lobster Shack<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj52VBJ9moiFV_b2GxLm6OSM3tVUuc7xrezatiKyHpa2WFxFZzjJ13pQr7_Td9EuyJ-tRbBGHn4inDBveaGCn_-4lID0Na-rYawzFULomkM17kb5hV_-g2Ap13WnrvNi6oW8RMhcFHbl5KoA1iTZm6FtNEi4rd0hGYjp_2YaTez7w9wtgbWLIESN_jx/s4624/20231014_131602.heic" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2084" data-original-width="4624" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj52VBJ9moiFV_b2GxLm6OSM3tVUuc7xrezatiKyHpa2WFxFZzjJ13pQr7_Td9EuyJ-tRbBGHn4inDBveaGCn_-4lID0Na-rYawzFULomkM17kb5hV_-g2Ap13WnrvNi6oW8RMhcFHbl5KoA1iTZm6FtNEi4rd0hGYjp_2YaTez7w9wtgbWLIESN_jx/w640-h288/20231014_131602.heic" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lobster Thermidor<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">Watch out for the seagulls who are always ready to steal your food.</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtaKgBpyqAHSU5oEE4AhoFAMzUtzglaANqvP6DJgumIyQgemba5Fh4wD5jK6SzZ7WlXfctMiilQU-ooxVx2c4j1mxA-kNPhffAAO_mA2Rmcmt0G91ayUZQ6Biv-Rpl-FCKGUKSR22Mgnb8FWOivUBJAidmlumYJlZE2t6SlXv7HKNQE1NaGnUQKhX7/s4624/20231014_140009.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="2084" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtaKgBpyqAHSU5oEE4AhoFAMzUtzglaANqvP6DJgumIyQgemba5Fh4wD5jK6SzZ7WlXfctMiilQU-ooxVx2c4j1mxA-kNPhffAAO_mA2Rmcmt0G91ayUZQ6Biv-Rpl-FCKGUKSR22Mgnb8FWOivUBJAidmlumYJlZE2t6SlXv7HKNQE1NaGnUQKhX7/w288-h640/20231014_140009.heic" width="288" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia;">Sunday 15th </b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia;">- We drove to </span><b style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia;">Jurien Bay</b><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span face="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"> (20 minutes </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">north) before</span><span face="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span>lunch and<span style="font-family: georgia;"> had one of the best fish and chips by the beach at the Jurien Bay Beach Cafe. It was a 33C, but it was nice by the sea. </span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkEtlISrQvCjPc56sQB1EMW8ht8ksAKVqrnS218PAcAT4zsgMasD0iRUivjk8voCBZkthW1iUHYYBalDyjGyrlk2K3dGpFr_jpc62KJxTvrDQkWSuuv5enrBeCuguqmKR4YL0pFcNUpNjgzLFgpJcTRx5XLwMBAWx4Q8Red2IaU7H5Jhz1P8Z1C_eu/s480/20231015_171409_009.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-size: large; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="480" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkEtlISrQvCjPc56sQB1EMW8ht8ksAKVqrnS218PAcAT4zsgMasD0iRUivjk8voCBZkthW1iUHYYBalDyjGyrlk2K3dGpFr_jpc62KJxTvrDQkWSuuv5enrBeCuguqmKR4YL0pFcNUpNjgzLFgpJcTRx5XLwMBAWx4Q8Red2IaU7H5Jhz1P8Z1C_eu/w640-h300/20231015_171409_009.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR65utnfGTPDrBIaTUA-_GrMczhUQaZ02_KoDHvXaTx11x8KuAUz9RNtMRoppbqqeEbaZpVfp9hWm50pw3gRJhyphenhyphen-JV5EhP20Xn-8xKSH1K7LkyGQgMH_k2omZngjFbqCEjh92EpPRgg1FcHpyxM98LK6iCWSEWqlr0KDyIEpJPf12Ld8nS7e2DLk4-/s4624/20231015_121035.heic" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2084" data-original-width="4624" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR65utnfGTPDrBIaTUA-_GrMczhUQaZ02_KoDHvXaTx11x8KuAUz9RNtMRoppbqqeEbaZpVfp9hWm50pw3gRJhyphenhyphen-JV5EhP20Xn-8xKSH1K7LkyGQgMH_k2omZngjFbqCEjh92EpPRgg1FcHpyxM98LK6iCWSEWqlr0KDyIEpJPf12Ld8nS7e2DLk4-/w640-h288/20231015_121035.heic" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzMbnVT8tLSHmgrSvRDNyvCjKMP5w9BBT-ap8ZInc9rYSRJQeBVyzhW5IbRuMyH31-tOCTKDnpxBZaVgNlOvFPfSTFpGkW2WVyYNnOyZ7Wc8cc-vg2iSVEzAscq9IydddAixHFNSQPiaHIo1zE3X1QWUxu4DZYjQdas_yMmBtnQ52Hd63N9xubkek_/s4000/20231015_125120.heic" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzMbnVT8tLSHmgrSvRDNyvCjKMP5w9BBT-ap8ZInc9rYSRJQeBVyzhW5IbRuMyH31-tOCTKDnpxBZaVgNlOvFPfSTFpGkW2WVyYNnOyZ7Wc8cc-vg2iSVEzAscq9IydddAixHFNSQPiaHIo1zE3X1QWUxu4DZYjQdas_yMmBtnQ52Hd63N9xubkek_/w640-h288/20231015_125120.heic" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kids park in front of cafe and the beach<br /><br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Jose was keen to visit <b>Stockyard Gully Cave</b> - north of Jurien Bay, and we ventured for 7km into a corrugated road . When we reached the cave area we parked the car and there was a 300mt walk to the entrance - well the flies appeared to be in the millions, and we just waved and waved!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We had only brought 1 headlamp and the cave was quite dark, so I wasn't keen to venture further, worried about snakes.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1NdbmQtHuA2hpu7D7CFhk0poT7yQWNTLsuQC_Ll34Wgxw8tIPG8lBoUadzFQJ_I-GdEk2Ds4YfiQAbCCCAzW3BeBZ_eLrOa57GBDdNAw_ie_TynTmu916N4SwMWNuQ1u8HiZv1v17Zsfkn7GdPpL6OpX5NyAXfx1Gvoza1QRxzWPcnTddZpFvxDVO/s320/20231015_145700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="144" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1NdbmQtHuA2hpu7D7CFhk0poT7yQWNTLsuQC_Ll34Wgxw8tIPG8lBoUadzFQJ_I-GdEk2Ds4YfiQAbCCCAzW3BeBZ_eLrOa57GBDdNAw_ie_TynTmu916N4SwMWNuQ1u8HiZv1v17Zsfkn7GdPpL6OpX5NyAXfx1Gvoza1QRxzWPcnTddZpFvxDVO/w288-h640/20231015_145700.jpg" width="288" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>On the way south to Cervantes we stopped for coffee and at <b>Green Head,</b> where we visited the beautiful </span><b>3 Bays Lookout</b></span><span style="font-size: large;">.</span> </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyD3Uy1X_QTLq_qJFxAcZRvd9hbZQHjs_RD4z8CbaWdngkS1EdQq65ikHMZRn66kcYmIS4BHpj5RORBx3ZA-2GfTGHceyGEb-1lMLbNnTQolKnlp3oulKwGkEJkPShZ7p7cAcKNsfnbOHCk9avvYkxCZ2AbXFrp6nFo2Ykp5yA2RaXXZ81TRyw7pVe/s480/2023-11-023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="144" data-original-width="480" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyD3Uy1X_QTLq_qJFxAcZRvd9hbZQHjs_RD4z8CbaWdngkS1EdQq65ikHMZRn66kcYmIS4BHpj5RORBx3ZA-2GfTGHceyGEb-1lMLbNnTQolKnlp3oulKwGkEJkPShZ7p7cAcKNsfnbOHCk9avvYkxCZ2AbXFrp6nFo2Ykp5yA2RaXXZ81TRyw7pVe/w640-h192/2023-11-023.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></b></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></b></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></b></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: transparent;">Monday 16th</b><span style="background-color: transparent;"> - we packed our camper and had breakfast at the <b>Seashells Cafe,</b> then checked out from the camping grounds at 10AM.</span></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXDUsZEc_F8JeltuSGJLFcxcwD2x3LoiN9g4Bywe2XUrPDzrhtCp2NRYMGCRcHmWTydBabLcdYjxVYtsYF5_qV5rQORikviVwpw2-ZR8UIS2lN6aPkP9UFWaz1nIvjfGa5hY-y70_gbv9_Jra22Z9TlJ1A9gagkbT_5EqZzuDWr2FWjo4vkKDUUM1g/s4624/20231015_173322.heic" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2084" data-original-width="4624" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXDUsZEc_F8JeltuSGJLFcxcwD2x3LoiN9g4Bywe2XUrPDzrhtCp2NRYMGCRcHmWTydBabLcdYjxVYtsYF5_qV5rQORikviVwpw2-ZR8UIS2lN6aPkP9UFWaz1nIvjfGa5hY-y70_gbv9_Jra22Z9TlJ1A9gagkbT_5EqZzuDWr2FWjo4vkKDUUM1g/w640-h288/20231015_173322.heic" width="640" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">On the way back to Perth we again stopped in various places to see the sights.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2QMCICY-pjf8wM2VrzQGTX8nlB9NldIE_I7VEuX1shfXbHw0D5hH01_YburFPl9yY77n9p6B6bSZbc2Y09xggxEU3jyYnJTS7VcQiKjjgXBA1E6ZhY9ZLJN4A5fFHox2CJoZbdOdvLLOcRcvzn9sjuwwU3ulB0mjCtuEEdztLNqzpMuZImX1b-cYC/s480/20231016_110603.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="480" height="630" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2QMCICY-pjf8wM2VrzQGTX8nlB9NldIE_I7VEuX1shfXbHw0D5hH01_YburFPl9yY77n9p6B6bSZbc2Y09xggxEU3jyYnJTS7VcQiKjjgXBA1E6ZhY9ZLJN4A5fFHox2CJoZbdOdvLLOcRcvzn9sjuwwU3ulB0mjCtuEEdztLNqzpMuZImX1b-cYC/w640-h630/20231016_110603.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In <b>Lancelin</b>, we </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">had a swim in the cold sea, then lunch at the pub, right in front of the sea. I had fish and chips again :)</span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyrRCD0oDfrlnvtloTl6i3I1PhiMn4o-NLhyTSiVoAMwTEUnp_ltIF9GWRBP7MotpXi5jXB1ZVrXQFL9hNvY73Pb29qGzr49_zmJhQ4wQ842gkNWySIUZ3_xEfhiQ7T5y9UY0a43O4Gah8juIg1ElLaB9LFoAAfte1Ew6w_Hv6DczFGtNrKIpmgn6Y/s4624/20231016_115635.heic" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2084" data-original-width="4624" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyrRCD0oDfrlnvtloTl6i3I1PhiMn4o-NLhyTSiVoAMwTEUnp_ltIF9GWRBP7MotpXi5jXB1ZVrXQFL9hNvY73Pb29qGzr49_zmJhQ4wQ842gkNWySIUZ3_xEfhiQ7T5y9UY0a43O4Gah8juIg1ElLaB9LFoAAfte1Ew6w_Hv6DczFGtNrKIpmgn6Y/w640-h288/20231016_115635.heic" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bay of Lancelin </td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg3K3zxIKSPwwS68Of1-ovF65i9QdAKS2wzeL-fLWuj3TLruN20VukErXFKnCImF2VnQjWFWkmG9PxnePnrBxoTSP72BaFkXSre-ZPCeWRUIxbnMe7k6uMUxBcC9G2dHNix0MPmAjtAnakvtjcLPGjV7CfcIDVjUfYoFfgD3ReqomGrlQpZ-QJSm_3/s4000/20231016_130622.heic" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg3K3zxIKSPwwS68Of1-ovF65i9QdAKS2wzeL-fLWuj3TLruN20VukErXFKnCImF2VnQjWFWkmG9PxnePnrBxoTSP72BaFkXSre-ZPCeWRUIxbnMe7k6uMUxBcC9G2dHNix0MPmAjtAnakvtjcLPGjV7CfcIDVjUfYoFfgD3ReqomGrlQpZ-QJSm_3/w640-h288/20231016_130622.heic" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eating by the sea at the Endeavour Tavern in Lancelin<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxEChnNzakvuA-F4qNFXac_UcH8nWq_kNHQhAQIgO4Gl9lYV0uYmyXkq4najDLomVEqcVD_x9m06sdwyk8cQfmvdmNG-PrMyE14xuOk5EFcNUkMfjME_4Ok7FRIldxQlrzN2eqZgwX8upvWpKz8FT4q568xB73Yv1bvYYQQbSv806Rrf1tkzKz81hN/s4000/20231016_132522.heic" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxEChnNzakvuA-F4qNFXac_UcH8nWq_kNHQhAQIgO4Gl9lYV0uYmyXkq4najDLomVEqcVD_x9m06sdwyk8cQfmvdmNG-PrMyE14xuOk5EFcNUkMfjME_4Ok7FRIldxQlrzN2eqZgwX8upvWpKz8FT4q568xB73Yv1bvYYQQbSv806Rrf1tkzKz81hN/w288-h640/20231016_132522.heic" width="288" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">fish & chips lunch</td></tr></tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG_Vv7O8AIOJieP_fLJgkD5xlAyVLxpkkzQovRMKOdhfEc8BVVfsV25dCH9Y5vzNiaEhEqYn-OBLX3FuY5w7jz-L6JlqCnunPES-ifRaz4wZRNbQWj3e91KM0NwafQwIxEsCptHhMn3ThtjL1cKfL-qkMJPmu_2eA9hH76MD-sdOFjhoYZyDU6cEyN/s480/2023-11-221.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="306" data-original-width="480" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG_Vv7O8AIOJieP_fLJgkD5xlAyVLxpkkzQovRMKOdhfEc8BVVfsV25dCH9Y5vzNiaEhEqYn-OBLX3FuY5w7jz-L6JlqCnunPES-ifRaz4wZRNbQWj3e91KM0NwafQwIxEsCptHhMn3ThtjL1cKfL-qkMJPmu_2eA9hH76MD-sdOFjhoYZyDU6cEyN/w640-h408/2023-11-221.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">funny seagull signs</td></tr></tbody></table></div></span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;"><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Our next stop was a very quick stop at the tiny town of <b>Seabird</b><span> and then </span><b>Moore River, </b><span>where the river meets the sea</span><span>. It looked like a nice place to stay for a few days, with the camping grounds right in front of the beach/river.</span></span></p></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxSjIPTAfG26W-zUskvdTkBgm0NZlPM_ECP80KXZAIA7O4cbbf8DpKe-t2zJuQKwHoa_4hxAe-woFm7JXzv1D_CaS6uAWGyw9DtvGIWHufM4xKBorH06KoCn_dLLEZ8eaS_V6D76OmZqq6mwPaWJ-dRG-4qBvvsGkudk3W0lVisU1_KuJoH5IyTeyP/s4000/20231016_142834.heic" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxSjIPTAfG26W-zUskvdTkBgm0NZlPM_ECP80KXZAIA7O4cbbf8DpKe-t2zJuQKwHoa_4hxAe-woFm7JXzv1D_CaS6uAWGyw9DtvGIWHufM4xKBorH06KoCn_dLLEZ8eaS_V6D76OmZqq6mwPaWJ-dRG-4qBvvsGkudk3W0lVisU1_KuJoH5IyTeyP/w640-h288/20231016_142834.heic" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seabird coast</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsg7Thr_S7OQZRHMxm5izMUjVP1rtSagFu3ewVnWWfxHUmZkqoWWiTPaztjFJ_KNmKXHjiRtlRZAMTFKp5lfG0z6BTdK9SXfiwD4SEnWPi-fLzr4i2oNrU256pP6Y9xl5AYMDZ-zfydIg1wNDQDP3UPwqInjjOpcxeyRbp3I_4MYXEHO-i97C01W8L/s4624/20231016_152408.heic" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2084" data-original-width="4624" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsg7Thr_S7OQZRHMxm5izMUjVP1rtSagFu3ewVnWWfxHUmZkqoWWiTPaztjFJ_KNmKXHjiRtlRZAMTFKp5lfG0z6BTdK9SXfiwD4SEnWPi-fLzr4i2oNrU256pP6Y9xl5AYMDZ-zfydIg1wNDQDP3UPwqInjjOpcxeyRbp3I_4MYXEHO-i97C01W8L/w640-h288/20231016_152408.heic" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moore River, where the river meets the sea</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT8SItercAiBxyUlwLIT9_J_T80vKGMdQ3C2qAJVAOZEkChZOWfs70wx1Bpx4pOkSado4pAgZQ85GD_yJk7jegFB21p-YZHffQLiUL6T2mnG0zmPcp1PqirxCknOTOovUyCnFrUOJgxUfE8OKiWkGt4vsIjPeDw4g90ilH2Pu_1DVwBw0Y_qaWZVnF/s4624/20231016_150723.heic" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="2084" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT8SItercAiBxyUlwLIT9_J_T80vKGMdQ3C2qAJVAOZEkChZOWfs70wx1Bpx4pOkSado4pAgZQ85GD_yJk7jegFB21p-YZHffQLiUL6T2mnG0zmPcp1PqirxCknOTOovUyCnFrUOJgxUfE8OKiWkGt4vsIjPeDw4g90ilH2Pu_1DVwBw0Y_qaWZVnF/w288-h640/20231016_150723.heic" width="288" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pelican statues at Moore River</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiA6oPZY9BkoDwsw844dvtzrMpVSK3iSzOYtazzgjAc_5qxcuz_0zx6xgm7Ywj7xHv031oK6LVNZWghQvrESiJIfQbQ8fo8CCtWaERQODpcis-Mvf6OctnTzr2PZOE_JpsBVkL5CV1KoR-nrLqvW20m3qgnXZqPdbGVvrgBijZd250EQp-AFMLJavs/s480/20231016_153452.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="344" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiA6oPZY9BkoDwsw844dvtzrMpVSK3iSzOYtazzgjAc_5qxcuz_0zx6xgm7Ywj7xHv031oK6LVNZWghQvrESiJIfQbQ8fo8CCtWaERQODpcis-Mvf6OctnTzr2PZOE_JpsBVkL5CV1KoR-nrLqvW20m3qgnXZqPdbGVvrgBijZd250EQp-AFMLJavs/w458-h640/20231016_153452.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9KVvLhELd6xglfO7aUiXA2NArDV8X13xa3-k1oi4Yzy4LQbBpeis3QXZapGrWWnlhYtRX8VdMcO68DON75BKj4MEdgA84YstrJOzR6n_tIlT885dA27hBYzIkrdlrBuEq23LyESfZVZvPrjMRktKIavlLf8F06aywv_WKCCSwS6jCsrtfExXG3vzV/s480/20231016_153630.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="330" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9KVvLhELd6xglfO7aUiXA2NArDV8X13xa3-k1oi4Yzy4LQbBpeis3QXZapGrWWnlhYtRX8VdMcO68DON75BKj4MEdgA84YstrJOzR6n_tIlT885dA27hBYzIkrdlrBuEq23LyESfZVZvPrjMRktKIavlLf8F06aywv_WKCCSwS6jCsrtfExXG3vzV/w440-h640/20231016_153630.jpg" width="440" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cool statues in the roundabouts of Moore River</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Back to work on <b>Tuesday 17th</b>. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">That evening we had just finished having dinner when we heard the police helicopter and the sirens of police cars going around the neighbourhood. We wondered was happening in our mostly quiet area</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The following day on the drive to work I heard on the radio news that a lady from our neighbourhood had been arrested the night before, when she fled to one of the parks after "allegedly" having stabbed a 14 year old boy with a kitchen knife, when she found having sex with her daughter. She didn't know the 15 year old daughter had a boyfriend, had no idea the boy was inside the house or how he got in and I presume she might have thought the daughter was being raped? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The poor woman appeared in Court the following day, and is due to go back to Court in November. A sad episode for both lady and the daughter and their family.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Thursday 19th</b> - Jose was invited as deputy for the "Council of Portuguese Communities". Originally his female partner was going to run with another lady, but according to new laws, a candidacy needs to have a partner of either sex. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Voting will be on the 26th November, and there are 3 candidates, one from Melbourne and 2 from Perth. Australia elects 2 candidates - one for Sydney, (Canberra, New Zealand, Fiji, Vanuatu, Jacarta) (no one ran for Sydney) and one for </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Melbourne (Melbourne, Perth, Darwin, Adelaide).</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJQAJczrvAxM0NB0D9lXBl-WpM1oquqi73Wbp18TVDfXUHuDg4lNODBUOxTFIBQH5z_ZHZwQ_bv0lE78Lt5sYb8AAf0CGP3AjjAEe3c-8IIOAujWbKDvY7SvuUfscvknCGfa7zdz-HvX_bTYQovQC_hyc_k4O9U_iat382EHTSHPoUbmHnARLo3g-B/s480/20231028_201616.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="217" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJQAJczrvAxM0NB0D9lXBl-WpM1oquqi73Wbp18TVDfXUHuDg4lNODBUOxTFIBQH5z_ZHZwQ_bv0lE78Lt5sYb8AAf0CGP3AjjAEe3c-8IIOAujWbKDvY7SvuUfscvknCGfa7zdz-HvX_bTYQovQC_hyc_k4O9U_iat382EHTSHPoUbmHnARLo3g-B/w290-h640/20231028_201616.jpg" width="290" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Sunday 22nd </b>- We had lunch with a young couple and their 2 children at their newly built house. After lunch we drove to Coogee for the meeting of the Codfish Academy to decide on the next get-together and the election for the Committee members.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Wed 25th</b> - For the first time I attended a meeting at the Canning Council offices regarding a childcare centre that is planned to be built in a small street that comes off a main road, destroying 3 very much needed houses in the process and the fact that we already have 3 daycares in the area that aren't completely full, and the demographic of the suburb is older people and not young families.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Over 150 people had signed against it when the council emailed the residents, and only 3 were for the project. Sadly, only one resident registered to speak (lots of people weren't aware you had to register and also for the 2 days preceding the meeting no one had internet here! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Then the Councillors spoke and we had 3 (State appointed) that voted for and 1 (local councillor) against, raising the fact the street is too small for the 120/140 cars driving through every day, twice a day, parking issues, the fact that it would be on a corner with a very busy main street, there wasn't a traffic count in the last 11 years and the amount of cars the developer mentioned was from 11 years before....</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Still, it appeared as if the others had already their speech prepared, and they approved the project on the condition that their change their plan to have a masonry fence instead of a colorbond fence (steel panels) for better protection.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We have a Facebook neighbourhood group, and one man has undertaken to take the matter further with donations from the residents. Less than 2 weeks ago, there is a counting device on the street, which will stay for 10 days, so let's hope that shows the real number of cars in 2023. Apparently, the Department of Transport had no idea about the proposal for the childcare centre and says they were not consulted to submit a Traffic impact statement (TIS) and for this type of project they require traffic data not older than 3 years!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><b>Thursday 26th</b> - I had the day off work and drove to <b>Rockingham </b>, about 30min south to meet up with Jan, an ex-work colleague, so we could visit the </span><b>"Castaway Sculpture Exhibition"</b><span> an annual exhibition showcasing artworks created from repurposed materials at the Rockingham foreshore.</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE0OE2WcfURtz3jyw9HhSm4jkwbpBL95nQEG5iI4p4JOc_2JuFOhKUsIf2kidquqU8m2tuXZ-gxnksrbThooSZIPtOYyerXkDigRmmqf0W5gaPuOqrwZgl6ehhbKga6pUE6eqAStepZKcsdpMLCxy__B0eZ_n2GIc7s5NRr8Z2UyAJxDS2wiGOg8tV/s4624/20231026_095205.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: large;"> at the Canning show. We made pasta, and froze it, to be used for the following weekend, when we had the <b>Canning Show</b>.</span></div><div><br /></div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVFUSgalT-Yk7jyD3LYEyLTgfFcfT9cQcfiXng8Fdv9pVk41k7oI0_D_O7IpKYE9we9xkQRVejDOnSHQxkGYiGcI0_mXkNeE9O8rgEGvt_JZuLuYet24oUHdPt0lAEjIR9saEcDB6rP7ynJkczdGqs0WjePY-jy1ecubKek6TGX1fmXE3tQg8Rd-W9/s4624/20231027_093928.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="2084" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVFUSgalT-Yk7jyD3LYEyLTgfFcfT9cQcfiXng8Fdv9pVk41k7oI0_D_O7IpKYE9we9xkQRVejDOnSHQxkGYiGcI0_mXkNeE9O8rgEGvt_JZuLuYet24oUHdPt0lAEjIR9saEcDB6rP7ynJkczdGqs0WjePY-jy1ecubKek6TGX1fmXE3tQg8Rd-W9/w288-h640/20231027_093928.heic" width="288" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Saturday 28th</b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> - Jose, I and our 91 year old friend Idalia went to the Portuguese club to commemorate the club's anniversary. Members had free entry which included dinner and dance.</span></div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO_NI-y5pVZspVmQXMMWNqjxGXKz9WYSyO325tcmijZQpX54RCTlq7-4q7UwTLQgLUnKkDNST-_DSgNRN3gtg6eYl1o7S4KwKz6_kg3bQV5fKndqK2LAz3ZUwaAnaW23LyucHdmGregtuZq8Yp2u18Us0LqeD-TfyknqJCZ1mC8DsFhu4BVzwDcVjX/s480/2023%20October13%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="480" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO_NI-y5pVZspVmQXMMWNqjxGXKz9WYSyO325tcmijZQpX54RCTlq7-4q7UwTLQgLUnKkDNST-_DSgNRN3gtg6eYl1o7S4KwKz6_kg3bQV5fKndqK2LAz3ZUwaAnaW23LyucHdmGregtuZq8Yp2u18Us0LqeD-TfyknqJCZ1mC8DsFhu4BVzwDcVjX/w640-h256/2023%20October13%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I made jam from the last loquots I picked from our huge tree. They are a favourite with the Ringneck parrots!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Ze67eHLuCkrc4-JX8EKXcnmdhxyWq1FdClRtsQkV7h0OIwBUykg3MC_Bcz5yHueb6Pqh2YTJeBLz4hRzZreBxeXAzo1jJCv0oe1cUQFGKZAPLEtdzqo0LfqwsqR_esPIGeRCBoj6LjUAKapveO53vz0Nnhwol7bpJDo8sQN_Twg22omNuX7lej4B/s480/2023%20October7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="480" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Ze67eHLuCkrc4-JX8EKXcnmdhxyWq1FdClRtsQkV7h0OIwBUykg3MC_Bcz5yHueb6Pqh2YTJeBLz4hRzZreBxeXAzo1jJCv0oe1cUQFGKZAPLEtdzqo0LfqwsqR_esPIGeRCBoj6LjUAKapveO53vz0Nnhwol7bpJDo8sQN_Twg22omNuX7lej4B/w640-h256/2023%20October7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The magpies still come across from the park to eat in my front garden and one of them has become more familiar with me and comes right to the front door. The other day I had the door open and just the metal security door closed and I was in the kitchen and heard a magpie call. When I went to the front there it was waiting for me. So cute :)</span><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3v0u0-2id9n0orsLoQb7PECDBp-eARkOBW8OywmSlNkf0NZm0DspJNeenI7wcgfjWcOvfTxGflRv5BscUDJD_DtJhA2tOGcvMtSycb4UiXw3W2vHdLmIMBOLBPEmorj3s-pN60D0jv_fwd6MD6JYg4kpjWkANjuE6bMr0RJkyjQxvRfF3Idapzhvl/s4624/20231018_174132.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="2084" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3v0u0-2id9n0orsLoQb7PECDBp-eARkOBW8OywmSlNkf0NZm0DspJNeenI7wcgfjWcOvfTxGflRv5BscUDJD_DtJhA2tOGcvMtSycb4UiXw3W2vHdLmIMBOLBPEmorj3s-pN60D0jv_fwd6MD6JYg4kpjWkANjuE6bMr0RJkyjQxvRfF3Idapzhvl/w288-h640/20231018_174132.heic" width="288" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglof8w-Rkl_5x99rRWNbUl5iGLn-P-OjvaSqAd1kTnNcIWM2TnCfuPGciLEeIutmluy1IR4vBHZiPCCCB-0mI3UNd0xfWn0Mx0JmtVYnpQEo0tolIWP7X-2sI9_c_PdWSrRtqSog1hh2wB93OVSU1G58VI6s9abdgRpDhOs94d3dAw4Wz2sUQ9eqBw/s4624/20231018_174444.heic" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="2084" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglof8w-Rkl_5x99rRWNbUl5iGLn-P-OjvaSqAd1kTnNcIWM2TnCfuPGciLEeIutmluy1IR4vBHZiPCCCB-0mI3UNd0xfWn0Mx0JmtVYnpQEo0tolIWP7X-2sI9_c_PdWSrRtqSog1hh2wB93OVSU1G58VI6s9abdgRpDhOs94d3dAw4Wz2sUQ9eqBw/w288-h640/20231018_174444.heic" width="288" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A magpie and a galah on top of the postbox where I put the seeds and water</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And I end this post by being grateful for the wonderful month we had.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLQrm90ls5CCIITBDLHv_m5lj9O9LPnsnng6tI-bt490cwozyDy5r8wpXKW-wKFsMVJ4bNjOlRfN-IOQi1_Q5vWWtzp7LWACDNwRpLuGi7GuQ2zj2jY3Iz28BQlBbC9U7n15Bq-10NcNnqg0eUe2H0iRRVunchwOn_ctLpzwsaRE9uTYWU94L7Pe8/s480/20231006_192313.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="480" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLQrm90ls5CCIITBDLHv_m5lj9O9LPnsnng6tI-bt490cwozyDy5r8wpXKW-wKFsMVJ4bNjOlRfN-IOQi1_Q5vWWtzp7LWACDNwRpLuGi7GuQ2zj2jY3Iz28BQlBbC9U7n15Bq-10NcNnqg0eUe2H0iRRVunchwOn_ctLpzwsaRE9uTYWU94L7Pe8/w640-h524/20231006_192313.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NXw3ifC5KNM" width="320" youtube-src-id="NXw3ifC5KNM"></iframe></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">A youtube video about the Fire Festival</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Samihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467163627586022816noreply@blogger.com20