Photo/s of the day.

[moonvoice]

Hai, DWeamers.






My boys walking through King's Park.





First, we went to King's Park, which overlooks Perth city and the Swan River.





It was a gorgeous day. Glen had taken the day off, and it was the last time we're going to see Putu for a long time now. Years, perhaps.





War memorial.





We did what everyone should really spend some time doing at King's Park, which is lie down on the plush, cool grass in the shade of a jarrah tree.





Hi DWeamers, this is Putu. Who had never rested on the grass at King's Park before!





Hai, guyz.





This was the view of the canopy when we turned around and looked up. And we did. It was awesome.





Many dirty jokes were to be had in regards to setting up this photo. My touch phobia stayed mercifully dormant. But being out in nature makes it a little quieter anyway.





We saw some very strange tree graffiti.





And I saw a juvenile raven and had to take a gazillion photos because he was quite tame.













Grapes are the best!





Then we drove to Leederville. We were originally going to go to Greens and Co. Cock (that's what the graffiti says!), but we decided not to, despite its wonderfully illuminated interior. In the end we went to San Churro's Chocolatier, but we don't have photos of that or the food, because we were too busy eating (or they were, I can't have that kind of food when I'm out because of my IBS).





So then we decided to go to the Burger Bistro for an actual lunch. I was very enamoured of its ceiling. There were also Banksy pictures everywhere, which was awesome. And Kanye West was playing as we went in, followed by oldschool Frank Sinatra, which was a bit of whiplash!





I got an Agrum, but I didn't end up drinking it, and instead took it home and it's now in the fridge for later.





The two stooges to my musketeer. Sayonara, Putu. We're gonna miss you.

Comments

[silverjackal]

Your friend looks like a very genial, happy person. I hope this new endeavor grants him every happiness -- and that he comes back to visit! :D

Otherwise of course I'm most taken with the photos of the raven. I always love how you can see them thinking about everything as they go about their business. And in general: it's very good to see you and Glen looking so happy. Awesome park, too. I'm also somewhat wistful about your weather. Not that it's particularly bad here at the moment, but warmer would be nice.

[hrafn]

1- Intellectually I know that it is summer on half the planet, but it's still jarring/comforting to see evidence (sunlight! greenery! *sigh*) :) Everything here is all grey and white and dismal and covered with snow and ice and disgusting slush. Feh.

2- ZOMG BABY RAVEN. The first two pictures are especially endearing.

I'm glad you had a good day out.

[white_rabbit]

WOW, that is a brilliantly big smile you have there in that photo of the three of you together. :) Looks like it was a fun and gorgeous day!

[toeknuckles]

Perth looks so lovely!

Love the photos of you too. Don't know if I've ever noticed before, but you have very nice straight teeth! *envy*

[goddess_incarnate]

I WANNA MOVE WHERE YOU LIVE.

It looks so beautiful and summer-y ^_^ The places you guys went to hang out look so nice too.

I WANNA COME VISIT!!! :D

That's what a raven looks like? I can never tell. People around here feed the pigeons! Are ravens pests there the way pigeons are super annoying here?

Also - your hair looks awesome!

[moonvoice]

Yeah, Putu is a laidback, easygoing guy, I think he'll do well in Japan. :)

The juvenile raven was awesome. Very very well-adjusted to people, though the watchful adult nearby was a lot more wary (I'm kind of used to that with ravens though; the juveniles tend to be more tolerant of people, and the adults keep watch from a safe - often elevated - distance).

They rock. :)

[moonvoice]

1. Come here in Winter and you'll likely get the same weather but cooler. We have one of the highest amounts of sunlight per day, per any state in Australia. And Australia gets a lot of sunlight! So Winter is usually 'blue skies and greenery' too. :)

2. The juvenile raven was awesome. His eyes were just starting to lighten in colour to become the typical white that the adult's are. It's awesome.

[moonvoice]

It was a really good day. Exhausting though!

[moonvoice]

Perth is pretty awesome. Kings Park in particular is lovely (and huuuuuuuuuuge, like; huuuuuuuuuuuuuge).

[moonvoice]

Yeah, it's like that a lot in temrms of the blue skies and stuff like that. There's a lot of sunlight here to enjoy.

Yeah, that's a raven, a juvenile. The adults have white eyes. Ravens will sometimes be deterred from places of work, because they can be very noisy; but they're a protected species. They're not feral like pigeons or seagulls (which are also pests here).

[hrafn]

I really envy your climate! Well, okay, I would probably miss a snowy winter, but all that sunlight! . . . I miss Denver, which had ALL THE SUN, even in winter, but also got snow.

[xmetanoiax]

I need to know, is Australia more, less, or equally as gorgeous as in photographs? Because I've had a visual crush on it since my childhood and you're not helping. Haha.

Also, seeing you smile made me smile till my face hurt, and I don't even know why. Your hair is looking good, on a vanity-related sidenote.

I am so blabby today.

That is all! <3

[moonvoice]

Australia is equally, more and less gorgeous, depending on where you are. Western Australia in particular has the longest stretch of beaches in the world; the majority of those beaches are untouched, and have white, powdery sand and vast-reaching blue seas of a blue particular to the Indian ocean. Sometimes our bushland is less 'pretty,' but then there are the vast karri forests, the magic of the jarrah first thing in the morning, there are mountains and in some places there is snow, there is old-growth rainforest and jungle, there's tropics and canyons of red, red rock filled with gorges of jade green water and cascading waterfalls.

What Australia kind of lacks is a really cemented, grounded culture of the kind found in many other countries that have more than 200 years of history. Western Australia can really suffer in this respect, but if you're coming for how a place looks; Australia is so high on my list. Kings Park - above - most days you visit look exactly like that. We don't get much rain or cloud-cover here, so yeah... most days. :)

[xmetanoiax]

Canada is kind of like that too.We have interesting history but not much of a sense of culture aside from our aboriginal culture (which hides by the wayside) and defining quirks. It's kind of a blank canvas place, which I like as a place to live so far, but it hasn't even developed a strong (really multifaceted) character like the states has, much less a definitive culture like Europe, South America, Asia and other regions.

That being said, the scenery and the flora/fauna are what really draw me to Oz. And the undercurrent feel I get from the place. I'm actually planning a tentative 2 week vacation in August *shakes fist at finances*. The friend I'm going with is just going to visit her friends and check out the art scene, which seems fun, but I also hope to do a lot of sight-seeing!