Visiting Perth Day 2

I started the day doing a trial pack of most of my pack. It was neither quick nor tidy, and it is still too heavy.

After that it was a short walk down to the river, through one of the wine estates and back along a short stretch just off to the edge of a highway. These were parts of my early teenage years when this place was one way to get to school on my bike.

The area has a far older history, with the first Europen settlers arriving here shortly after the Swan River Colony was founded, displacing an indigenous population that had been here far longer than that.

This afternoon I went with my daughter and granddaughter into Perth to vist the WA Art Gallery and catch up with my sister for dinner.Read more