More nice shots, Cool find with the Gnomes.
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More nice shots, Cool find with the Gnomes.
Yup the Canadian Gnome shot is my fave but i may be a bit biased. ;)
DAY 8 - Last Day - Perth and Flight Home
Day 8 dawned and we hit the road fairly early and headed north for Perth.
Arriving early we headed for Kings Park which a large parkland that rests on a plateau above the city.
A view from Kings Park over the city
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u..._MG_0365-2.jpg
War memorial
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...-1_MG_0345.jpg
Another view towards the city
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...-3_MG_0362.jpg
A small tree top walk bridge
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...-4_MG_0378.jpg
more shortly ...
One of many small creeks in the gardens
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...-5_MG_0455.jpg
The Fountain (oops a bit of over processing in there but never mind ... I'll fix that before I use it again)
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...-6_MG_0476.jpg
You saw this one yesterday as a sample
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...-0_MG_0488.jpg
I was intrigued by the shadows. Would have liked more time to photograph them
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u..._MG_0480-2.jpg
A twisted tree in shadow
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...-8_MG_0497.jpg
Then it off to the airport. We boarded the plane and were informed, after a delay, that a passenger had arrived on another flight, collected his baggage and checked it onto our flight. The baggage was all loaded but there was no sign of the passenger. Minutes went by while they tried to locate this guy. No luck, the baggage had to come off for obvious security reasons. Took a long time to find his bags. It was 50 minutes later before we finally took off.
The flight home was a bit boring due to lots of cloud. Here's a few shots but most of the journey was with a totally white view.
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...12_MG_0526.jpg
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...15_MG_0533.jpg
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...20_MG_0556.jpg
And that ended our holiday. We wished we had more time and could have stayed longer. It's a holiday we'll remember.
I've spent every free moment after work this week processing these hoping they would be of interest to someone out there.
So a big thanks to all who have taken the time to look at my photos and made the effort to let me know you enjoyed at least some of them.
We all need to know we doing ok sometimes and I appreciate the comments very much indeed.
So many great shots, Aussie! Loved the gnomes! A couple of favs:
from day 7:
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...-4_MG_0122.jpg
and day 8:
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...-3_MG_0362.jpg
Thanks raiven :)
Wow..I'd say one successful trip!
For those who followed this thread ... I found this shot today of an 11 meter wave being ridden by a surfer who lives up the coast from me.
This photo was taken in the same area that I took the photos on page 3 of the Canal Rocks shots.
Shame we didn't see any surf like that while we were there.
http://www.news.com.au/common/imaged...7025062,00.jpg
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26162259-2,00.html
:eek:
I am speechless.
and that is no mean feat.
It's a LOT of water to play with isn't it?
Apparently this area is one of the worlds best kept surfing secrets. The lighthouse keeper was telling me all about it when we were there. Waves like that rival Waimea Bay.