Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
A check on my ongoing log of camera equipment purchases shows that my last lens purchase was almost exactly two years ago now, and specifically the 40-150mm f2.8. There are still a few m4/3 lenses that I’m keeping an eye
Just a few more posts in our WA series – honest! And this one is for tech junkies – comments on how various gadgets and toys fared during the trip! The Olympus E-M1 continued to perform admirably on it’s third
Our next visitation place was Scitech Perth, the interactive science museum that was a short 10 minute drive away from The Perth Mint. The entire floor is choked full of exhibits for children to try on, and each area is
Day 11 and our last day in Perth. Our flight was late in the night – the nice benefit of choosing Jetstar as our carrier again – which meant we had a full-day to explore a few more sights before
Next stop was a short 10 minute drive to Elizabeth Quay, though parking was painfully expensive (AUD12.60 for 3 hrs – ouch!). The area is a mixed-use development project, and you could easily spend hours exploring not just the Spanda
Day 10, and one more day left to our vacation to WA. We planned to make the trip to Whiteman, north of Perth, to visit the Caversham Wildlife Park in the earlier versions of our itinerary, but after that was
If you ask Hannah on what she thinks is the biggest highlight of this vacation – even though there are still two more days left to go in this 11 day stay in Western Australia – she’ll say without hesitation,
The second stop we made was in Dawesville, a suburb of Mandurah and located between the Harvey Estuary and the Indian Ocean, according to Google’s write-up of it. We drove along Estuary road until we came to a spot that
H and P loved the first animal feeding on Day 7 so much we went for it again on Day 9. More fun pictures!
There are perhaps about half a dozen well-known ‘show caves’ in the Margaret River region, each having its own special look, feel and accessibility into the cave itself. We were uncertain which one would suit H and P best, and
There’s a great deal of natural beauty in Western Australia. Like Pemberton, we hunted around for an off-road tour of the natural sights in Margaret River. There seemed to be two tour operators specialising in this tour type and working
The Margaret River town center certainly looks a lot more developed today in 2017 than I remember it from 2003, with lots more shops and eateries, and also more human and vehicular traffic than before. We had plenty of opportunities
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