Perth

Apartments, East Perth, WA. (View big to see detail. Press Z.)

Apartments, East Perth, WA. (Size matters. Please press Z.)

Apartments. East Perth, WA. (Bigger is better. Please press Z.)

Forrest Chase, Perth, WA.

Art Gallery of WA (AGWA) Cafe, Perth

Happy Fence Friday, everyone. I hope your weekend is safe, enjoyable and all you hope for. This is Perth railway station. The fence is, I suppose, technically a balustrade. It borders the Horseshoe Bridge, a traffic bridge carrying the road across the station and associated railway lines from the city CBD to Northbridge, where the cultural centre, restaurants, bars and music venues are. It is an iconic structure in Perth but is also responsible for cutting the city off from its most vibrant areas. (There is an alternative route for foot traffic through the station and from which this picture was taken.) The Horseshoe Bridge also cuts the station and passengers off from the newly created Yagan Square and has thus helped in that project's demise. (I wonder whether planners and developers ever revisit the spaces they plan and develop to see the havoc they sometimes wreak? Doubt it somehow. Sorry for the rant, but if there is a hell I hope that developers are consigned to the hottest part of it.) Anyway, enjoy the fence. Big it up by pressing Z.

Murray Street, Perth, WA. (Better big and on black. Please press Z.)

The slender and delicate bell tower seen on the left once stood in splendid isolation in Barrack Square by the Swan River in Perth. The development of Elizabeth Quay now stands next to its spire. These hotels and appartments on the right now loom over it like bullies in a playground, dwarfing and intimidating it. Such is the price of progress, where money not only talks but swears loudly, proclaiming its power and daring us to want anything different. (I've rung in this tower, a wonderful and quite exhilarating experience.)

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Apartments/Offices in Hay Street, Perth.

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Yagan Square, Perth. Late afternoon. (Best on black. Press Z, please.)

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

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.

Part of the wall which lines some of Perth Stadium at ground level close by the river. There are many different writings there in both the Whadjuk dialect and English. The stadium, like most of the rest of Perth, stands on what were the lands of the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation. "Katitjin" means "knowledge" or "wisdom" in the Whadjuk dialect. Have a Wonderful Wednesday Wall day. Stay safe and calm in the face of the various adversities which are currently facing us. And smile.

Happy Fence Friday to one and all. This is the magnificent 60,000 seater stadium in Perth where the mighty Fremantle Dockers (hurrah!) play their home games. Actually the Dockers share the stadium with their cross-town rivals the West Coast Eagles (boo!, hiss!) and will play them this weekend on April 2nd. As usual, Madame Much Younger Owl and myself will be there, dressed in our Fremantle colours, shouting like mad things and, also as usual, will probably go home disappointed with the result. UPDATE Crikey, Fremantle won this very hard-fought match by 41 points. Not the most skilful game of the weekend but certainly very exciting and entertaining. (The game played is Australian Rules football, which is a proper game of skill, speed and daring, unlike soccer, rugby union, rugby league and American football which are all weak imitations of the real thing.) (Of course, as always, YMMV.)