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G O Edwards Park - Burswood
Located on the southern side of Great Eastern Highway in Burswood this park is only a short walk from the top end of Victoria Park. It...
Apr 14, 20222 min read


Street Art - Victoria Park
Exploring the street art in Victoria Park proved to be too much for just one visit/blog so I have posted in two parts: Victoria Park and...
Apr 13, 20224 min read


Icons of Influence - Perth City - Boorloo
When John Septimus Roe, naval officer, surveyor and explorer, first laid out the City of Perth in 1829, he envisaged a powerful city at...
Jan 15, 20224 min read


Midland Old and New with Weeip Park
Weeip Park opened in September in the New Junction open space development in Midland's CBD. It is a fabulous play space with a grassed...
Dec 28, 20212 min read


Art and About in Perth
Perth really has so much to offer in the way of formal and informal street art and public art installations. My first exposure was...
Dec 25, 20213 min read


North Fremantle Art, Architecture and Heritage.
While walking the Rocky Bay Walk some time ago we noticed some very old and weathered signage for a Heritage Trail and vowed to come...
Dec 25, 20216 min read


Inglewood Urban Art
Carrying on from the Mt Lawley Urban Art Trail I still wanted to get to Inglewood to explore the street art so when something popped up...
Dec 18, 20213 min read


Highgate Art and Hyde Park - Perth
Highgate backs on to Mt Lawley so provides a seamless extension to the Mt Lawley Urban Art Trail . The Cloud 9 Smoke Shop provides a...
Oct 29, 20214 min read


Mundaring (Minderinjy) Heritage, Art and Sculpture Trail
We had a little bit of spare time after hiking around the Mundaring area so decided to explore Mundaring's 2km Heritage Trail . We...
Oct 10, 20215 min read


Scarborough Trigg Heritage Trail
This Heritage Trail consists of three different loops around the Scarborough and Trigg Coastline, extending into Trigg Bushland. Each...
Oct 7, 20215 min read


Wanneroo Cultural and Civic Trail
This small but different heritage trail winds it's way through the old Wanneroo townsite. I suggest you download the brochure to show...
Oct 6, 20213 min read


Bayswater Heritage Trail with Urban Art
We were actually searching for the new mural in Bayswater when we came across the Bayswater Heritage Trail brochure online so we...
Oct 5, 20213 min read


Railway Reserves Heritage Trail - Mt Helena to Parkerville via Stoneville
The section of the Railway Reserves Heritage Trail between Mt Helena and Parkerville has three Fire Recovery Statues commemorating the...
Oct 1, 20214 min read


Gingin - A Day in the Country
An easy day trip from Perth the small hamlet of Gingin was gazetted a town in 1871 and will celebrate it's 150th Anniversary in 2021. The...
Aug 28, 20213 min read


Star Swamp Heritage Trail
In between showers during a crazy wet July we decided to head to Star Swamp Reserve . Wetlands are always at their best during or...
Jul 19, 20212 min read


Davilak Heritage Trail, Manning Park with Azelia Ley Homestead - Manning
Starting at the Manning Stairs we hiked the 193 steps to the top….certainly one way to get the heart rate up! There is a platform with a...
Jul 6, 20214 min read


Manning Lake
We came to explore the Davilak Trail in Manning Park and to look at the Azelia Ley Homestead and Davilak Ruins but decided to do a loop...
Jul 6, 20213 min read


Kangaroo Trail - Walyunga National Park
Walyunga National Park was quite badly impacted by fire in early 2021 but is well on the way to recovery. We have visited this park many...
Jun 25, 20215 min read


Woodlands Walk Trail - Yanchep (Yandjip) National Park
Yanchep National Park is always beautiful at any time of the year. In early winter there were still a few splashes of autumn colour to...
Jun 12, 20213 min read


C.Y. O'Connor Beach
We walked along C.Y. O'Connor Beach as part of our longer loop from the Omeo Wreck to South Beach but I felt this beach deserved a blog...
May 5, 20213 min read

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