Old Owl's photos

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This is for the Wednesday Wall group of photographs, showing all that remains of the police/troop barracks in Mandurah. The building behind is the post office and the foreground is a car park. From here in October 1834, soldiers, police and settlers rode out to massacre men, women and children of the Bindjareb people of the Noongar nation in Pinjarra, some 25 km inland. History is a slippery thing. We tend to think of it as being definitive and fixed, when of course it isn’t; winners write history, especially when the losers speak a different, less dominant language. In the case of the Noongar people there was no written language, history being passed on through story, song, dance, paintings, carvings and drawings. Needless to say, the history as shown here by Wikipedia ( Pinjarra Massacre ) is disputed by the descendants of the Bindjareb. Despite this, I wish you all a happy and pleasant Wall Wednesday. I echo the hopes of Mother Julian of Norwich: “All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.” (By the way, the beer bottle in the window is not an original part of the barracks.)

A large group of big guys, mostly bearded and tattooed, on jet-skis heading back out onto the water. Reminded me of my motorbiking days. Satan's Sardines? Hells Angel Fish? Davy Jones' Locker Cheaters?

Happy Fence Friday to everyone and all your families and friends. I hope your day is productive and your weekend is full of relaxation and joy.

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Bigger is better, I feel. Please press Z.

... like ships in the night ...

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Happy Fence Friday to all. This is in Oxford Street, Leederville in Perth, WA, a strip where you can eat to your heart's content at more cafés than you can shake a stick at. Press Z to see the people enjoying the mild sunshine along with their coffee. Now that autumn has arrived here in Western Australia the temperatures have ameliorated to a more pleasant 28 degrees or so. I hope your day and your weekend are full of whatever it is you desire.

Press Z for a better view (in my opinion ... YMMV). Esplanade Bus Port, Perth, WA.

Happy Fence Friday to everyone. May your day be full of joy and your weekend be restful and fulfilling. Kayaks stored on the edge of a canal in Mandurah.

Happy Wednesday Wall, everyone. May this bright blue building cheer up your day. Biggen it up by pressing Z.

HBM, everyone. Let’s hope that wherever you are you can sit and contemplate the joys of the world (those that are still to be found). These benches face Mandjar Bay. The sculpture here has six faces showing paintings representing the six seasons of the Nyoongar calendar. Mandjoogoordap (now called Mandurah) is home to the Bindjareb people of the Nyoongar nation. The six seasons have variable lengths since they relate to weather patterns and natural occurrences rather than to fixed dates like whitefeller seasons. We’re currently in Bunuru - the season of adolescence, which is the hottest part of the year, lasting from early February until late March or early April. It is sometimes called Second Summer.

Happy Fence Friday, everyone. I hope your day is productive and exciting; and your weekend is restful and calm. This footbridge spans part of the marina in Mandurah, leading to Dolphin Quay on the left. I walk across here every morning at about 7.45 on my daily constitutional. Yesterday's weather was rather dull for a change, though by about 9.00 a.m. it had reverted to its normal bright blue sky with not a cloud to be seen. Wunnerful! Probably better seen large by pressing Z.

Clara Bow? Theda Bara? Louise Brooks? The shadow over the left window reminds me of hair across the eye and thus of a film actress from the 1920s. First thought was Veronica Lake (but she didn't have black hair). Help me out here, guys, lest I begin to obsessively trawl the interwebthingy and end up in a padded cell and have only a few friends who will shake their heads sadly at my pitiful state. It is actually a wall next to a restaurant in Dolphin Quay in Mandurah. The shadow is from an awning above. Happy Wednesday Wall to all and sundry. Enjoy your day whatever you're doing.

HBM, everyone. Sit down and enjoy the view .. though not on this bench. Whilst the view of this wide bay may be wonderful (and it is, I assure you), the various seabirds have also enjoyed sitting there and have left evidence of their incontinence. When the rain comes some time in March or early April the bench may be cleaned by the downpours ... for a while at least.