Staying at Siesta Park, makes it easy for the orchid hunter, like us, to access where they grow. So we started our orchid hunting day early. Soon we were off, looking for the spots our book that mentions where orchids can be found. Drakaea is a genus of 10 species...
On this weekend outing, I asked John if we couldn’t go to Margaret River, the spot where it connects with the Indian Ocean. We had been there in 2010, but had never returned. It seemed a real special place when we went in spring that year, but I was curious...
Things you remember as a child… My mom turned on the movie Born Free one evening, she made a big deal out of it, and I was instantly in love with lions and of all things, the Indian Ocean. There was one part of the movie where the lion cubs...
We like to walk. So why not a walk along the beach? It’s been perfect weather, and it was a great evening for a stroll. I really enjoyed that walk on the beach. What a way to end the day.
Overnight the heat went to record highs and the next two days weren’t looking very promising either. So on the early side we decided we would get out of the house before it became too hot for me to do so.
With only a short time left to my stay, John and I headed out to the Indian Oceanside for one last sunset together in 2013. We tried out our new video camera on the sunset:
John has been extremely diligent in making sure I get to see as many Indian Ocean sunsets as possible. Given this time to Perth there has been a lot of rain and clouds, there were days there just wasn’t any sun. This day, we were taken by surprise and decided...
Did you know that each year, Perth witnesses the biggest whale migration on the planet? Every year the whales follow an ancient system of oceans paths that circle the planet called the Humpback Highway. Ever since John took Laura and I to the Southwest Coast and we spotted whales from...
They call the coast here by the Indian Ocean, the Sunset coast. It earns its name almost daily. “They who dwell in the ends of the earth stand in awe of Your signs; You make the dawn and the sunset shout for joy.” Psalm 65:8 (NASB) Anyone who really knows...
On one of our outings in Australia, we spent the day in Fremantle. To come home we drove up the coast of the Indian Ocean. As it turns out, I had to ask John to stop every five minutes to get photos. This sunset, kept changing and getting more amazing...
One of the places on my list that I wished to visit was The Pinnacles. The Pinnacles are located in the Nambung National Park about 20 kms south-east of Cervantes and about 270 kms north of Perth. With countless thousands of limestone pillars rising up out of the bright yellow...
After our rock climbing and wildflower finding adventure at Castle Rock, we went a few minutes down the road to Bunker Bay. Long before we arrived in Australia, I mentioned to John that I’d love to see beaches with rocks, which is kind of unfamiliar to me in Maryland. Castle...
I’ve seen a lot of sunsets before and I’ve seen a lot before, but for me, this was the best sunset ever. Driving from Fremantle to Perth up the Indian Ocean Coast.
When celebrities pass away, you feel a sense of loss for their talent, but it rarely hits us hard. Laura and her friends though had quite a while talking about the passing of Heath Ledger. So after our visit to Perth and London Court, we took Laura to Karrakatta Cemetery...
