Kings Park
Today will be a real treat for
me, we’re going to Kings Park which is the largest park within a city in the
world and at over 400 hectares is vast. Even more exciting, John is going to
take us in his orange 4 x 4 jeep. The drive is only 30minutes through lots of
lovely areas of Perth and soon we’re at Kings Park. First stop, a café
overlooking the view of Perth which is magnificent. Suitably invigorated John
and Jen take us on a walk around a small section of the park, we start walking past
the war memorial and then along the top of the bluff looking out to the city of
Perth, the Swann and Canning rivers. The park is beautifully maintained and
organised into planting for the different areas of Australia, all labelled. We
can see the old Swan brewery which is now converted into apartments and the
traffic moving in and out of the city across the bridges. We watch the magpies,
wattle birds and willie wagtails flitting in and out of the bushes and trees. I
am fascinated by all the small flowers, they might not be big and showy, but
they are so exquisitely detailed. There’s lots of benches at view points and
cool covered areas to stop and enjoy the views and plants. John and Jen are
full of information about the native Aussie plants all of which I’m eagerly
absorbing.
For lunch we go to Zamia, a café
on the other side of the park. We are so fortunate to get a table outside in
the shade as the café is very busy. The beef focaccias are so huge you need a
friend to share with, and the cakes…oh boy what a selection…which one to choose
and I can report the raspberry, apple and rhubarb tart is amazing. The drive
back takes us past Thea and Scott’s house and a small wetland reserve where we
watch the coots, brown ducks and Corelli’s, the later seem to be having
domestic squabbles as lots of wheezy sounding grumblings are heard above us.
There’s just time for Dave and
John to go down to Brighton beach to enjoy a swim in the sea Thea, Scott, Ruby
and Millie arrive for a family meal. Once again, it’s great to meet some more
of our Aussie family and be made to feel so welcome. Even their Red Kelpie dog,
Jake, is eager to make us feel part of the family sitting firmly on Dave’s foot
so he can scratch his head and then offering to share his ball with us. The
time here in Perth has passed too quickly, we’ve barely scratched the surface
sight seeing in the area and meeting people, hopefully there will be another
visit in the future.
Today will be a real treat for
me, we’re going to Kings Park which is the largest park within a city in the
world and at over 400 hectares is vast. Even more exciting, John is going to
take us in his orange 4 x 4 jeep. The drive is only 30minutes through lots of
lovely areas of Perth and soon we’re at Kings Park. First stop, a café
overlooking the view of Perth which is magnificent. Suitably invigorated John
and Jen take us on a walk around a small section of the park, we start walking past
the war memorial and then along the top of the bluff looking out to the city of
Perth, the Swann and Canning rivers. The park is beautifully maintained and
organised into planting for the different areas of Australia, all labelled. We
can see the old Swan brewery which is now converted into apartments and the
traffic moving in and out of the city across the bridges. We watch the magpies,
wattle birds and willie wagtails flitting in and out of the bushes and trees. I
am fascinated by all the small flowers, they might not be big and showy, but
they are so exquisitely detailed. There’s lots of benches at view points and
cool covered areas to stop and enjoy the views and plants. John and Jen are
full of information about the native Aussie plants all of which I’m eagerly
absorbing.
For lunch we go to Zamia, a café
on the other side of the park. We are so fortunate to get a table outside in
the shade as the café is very busy. The beef focaccias are so huge you need a
friend to share with, and the cakes…oh boy what a selection…which one to choose
and I can report the raspberry, apple and rhubarb tart is amazing. The drive
back takes us past Thea and Scott’s house and a small wetland reserve where we
watch the coots, brown ducks and Corelli’s, the later seem to be having
domestic squabbles as lots of wheezy sounding grumblings are heard above us.
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