We went camping in Swan Valley so that we could go to the thing they do at The Maze where you can eat breakfast and be visited by koalas. It might be geared for kids but I can’t lie: I really enjoyed it. We also went hiking in a national park nearby where I was set upon by red ants. Lots of them. Vicious little bastards. -jp
Did you know there are wild-ish kangaroos in Perth? Turns out there are. On a place called Harrison Island just to the east of the CBD in the river there’s a sectioned off area where kangaroos chill out and watch the traffic on the Causeway. Honestly, it doesn’t matter how long we’re here, I’ll never get tired of seeing kangaroos. -jp
Ein kleiner Samstag nachmittags Ausflug mit Freunden aus Großenhain brachte uns zur Harrison Island. Nur über eine Brücke zu erreichen, mitten in Perth lebt eine kleine Kangaroo Familie. -mk
Galerie: http://gallery.me.com/the_np_bat_man#101468
135,000 people showed up today for the race and still the area down near the improvised air strip was almost empty. However, the other areas they were stacked 10 deep. Go figure.
Australian Matt Hall came second in the race. In between races there were a few shows like a Qantas flyover, an old school jet fighter of some sort making flybys and doing tricks, the RAAF precision flying team, and a few other plane related shows. The weather was perfect and the Vietnamese dinner afterwards capped off a great day. Yum! -jp
Am Sonntag war ich dann schließlich auch mit auf dem Red Bull Air Race, bei wunderschönem Wetter mit meinem lieben Verlobten und einem italienischen Freund. Schaut euch einfach die Fotos an und freut euch daran. -mk
Monique had to work today so I went into town and watched the qualifications for the air races. There were a ton of people along the riverfront right near where the train station and the ferry terminal is, but the crowd thinned out the further down the river you went. In fact, if you went all the way down to Langley Park where the temporary airfield was set up, it was almost empty despite being the best place to stand on the north side of the river. I guess most people have a general aversion to walking.
After watching for awhile I figured out what most people probably already know: these pilots are nuts. -jp
The Red Bull Air Race has returned to Perth after skipping a year and the day before the race they’ve started practicing. I’ve actually been looking forward to this for quite some time and when the weather was bad at the beginning of the week I was worried they’d cancel it. And then yesterday a guy crashed during testing. But things are looking up. The weather is clearing and the guy who crashed is fine.
I was able to see the warm-ups from out my window at work. That was pretty distracting -jp
Red Bull’s Perth website.
A very large bull ray cruises by.
So I took my camera out with only the 24mm lens on it just for fun. I was sweating like crazy walking around downtown Perth and finally found out it was 43C/107F. The things I do for you people. Anyway, here’s a gallery of shots I got before the heat drove me to find a shopping mall. -jp
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