Saturday, August 23, 2025
We have most of the day to finish exploring Perth before boarding the Indian Pacific Railway to travel back to Sydney.
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Supreme Court of Western Australia (1902-1903,
by John Grainger in Federation Academic Classical style) |
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The Bell Tower (2000, by Hames Sharley)
in daylight |
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| Love Locks at the entrance of the Bell Tower |
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| We took a ferry across Swan River to South Perth |
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| Ferry |
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As part of the Artwalk Mindeerup, an origami-inspired
frill-neck lizard (2019) provides shade |
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Reflections (2025) is meant to be seen when lighted at night;
the frill-neck lizard is in the background |
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Mends Street Mob (2020, by
Mikaela Castledine) of meerkats |
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Kent with a Promenading Emu (2020, by
Russell Sheridan) |
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| Resonance (2016, by Amanda Shelsher) are swan feathers |
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| South Perth Esplanade bench |
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R/evolve (2021, by Ben Jones, Angela McHarrie,
and Tony Jones) |
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| A Quiet Walk (2020, by Rick Vermey) |
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| Origami-inspired numbat (2019) |
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| Sudan (2021, by Jordan Sprigg) |
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Shoreline (2019, by Stuart Green) is made from
powder-coated aluminium |
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100 Years, Even: L'art pour l'art
(2018, by Paul Caporn and Amad Amas) |
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| One of the Mends Street Murals (2019, by Joanna Brown) |
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Pinwheels, Windmills and Weathervanes
(2016, by Jennie Nayton) |
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| Aurelian Modulations (2018, by Jon Tarry) |
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| Breeze (2001, by Stuart Green) |
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| Entrance to the Perth Zoo (est 1896) |
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Tall platforms of Gibbon Crossing, a primate skywalk
where the gibbons can brachiate/move by
swinging with the arms from one handhold to another |
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| Water station |
We decided to check out any animals of Australia.
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Eudyptula minor/Little Penguin is the smallest species
of penguin in the world, and originates in New Zealand |
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Notechis scutatus/Mainland Tiger Snake is not only
one of 145 out of 220 venomous snakes in Australia,
but it is in the top ten of most dangerous snakes,
meaning its bite is fatal if untreated |
It is said that snake bites are rare in Australia, and that you are more likely to to die from a run-in with cattle, horses, crocodiles, and kangaroos.
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Acanthophis antarcticus/Common Death Adder is also
in the top ten of most dangerous snakes; it is unique
in that it reproduces through live births, not through eggs |
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Liasis olivaceus baroni/Olive Python is not venomous,
but as a constrictor it seems to like squeezing wallabies |
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Varanus giganteus/Perentie is Australia's largest lizard,
growing up to 2.5 m/8.2 feet |
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| Tiliqua rugosa konowi/Rottnest Island Shingleback Lizard |
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Litoria spendida/Splendid Tree Frog; he might look
delicious but has a foul-tasting toxin |
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From back left: Cygnus atratus/Black Swan native,
Plegadis falcinellus/Glossy Ibis migratory, and the white
Antigone rubicunda/Brolga or Australian Crane native |
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Lates calcarifer/Barramundi is the
most popular food fish in Australia |
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| Some of the original animal cages |
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| Dromaius novaehollandiae/Emu is Australia's tallest bird |
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| A pair of Tachyglossus sp/Echidnas: egg-laying mammals |
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Osphranter rufus/Red Kangaroos; unfortunately we
never did get a good look at red kangaroos, the
largest extant marsupial (with a pouch) in the world |
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| Macropus fuliginosus/Western Grey Kangaroo |
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Phascolarctos cinereus/Koala: "I am not a bear,
I am a marsupial!" |
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| Magic Tree (2006, by Coral Lowry) |
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May Gibbs Inspiration (2005, by
Joan Walsh-Smith and Charles Smith)
honors the South Perth author and artist |
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| Means to recycle bottles at the rubbish bin |
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| Fried potatoes and chicken wings |
Took the ferry back to Perth, and the free CAT bus to Western Australian Museum Boola Bardip. We thought the museum had free entry, but it did not and we did not have time to make it worthwhile.
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Mundrabilla iron meteorite is the largest meteorite
found in Australia at 12.4 tonnes/13.7 US tons |
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| The Western Australian Botanic Garden display |
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Perth Railway Station (1884, by George Temple-Poole
in Neoclassical style) |
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Today's event in Forrest Place was a celebration of the
80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People's
War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression
and the World Anti-Fascist War |
Next: Indian Pacific Railway Journey I Kalgoorlie.
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