There's been a lot going on as I've been busy, uh, washing my hair...
Actually, since Nadia started working we've had a lot less free time. Everything that she would do during the week now has to be crammed into the evenings and weekends. So, this will be a bit of a purge of the last 3-4 weeks of some stuff that I think is interesting or fun but may or may not interest you...just like Facebook.
We've been trying to explore some of the local area during our free time. In the photo above you can see Nadia about to break out into a rendition of "The hills are alive, with the sound of music..." Fortunately, no animals eardrums were harmed in the production of this photo taken in the hills just east of the city.
On the same trip we discovered a local monument. Some places have Stonehenge, others have Niagara Falls. Perth has "Buttock Boulder" as seen on the right. Apparantly, the guy that discovered it was a real @$$hole.
Reading Comprehension: not Perth's best subject in school.
We also went to a local park called Bell's Rapids. It was lovely although there were really no rapids to speak of yet. Apparently, it's gushing in October. Above, the kids are sitting by what's left of the rapids just above what will soon be waterfalls. The city is in the background.
Between Perth CBD and where the southern suburbs begin is a little island called Hennison Island. It's about 2 km long and 1/2 km wide. It's right across the estuary from the CBD so it offers very nice views of the city. But the main attraction are the handful of kangaroos that live on the island. These animals have been rescued from one calamity or another. I believe in some cases they are released back in the wild if they are well enough. However, the ones we saw have obviously been on the island for some time as they are practically tame. Above Keva is showing the Kangaroo her tumblr blog on her iPhone.
We've had a couple more birthdays in the last month. Zaren and Cyrus turned 17 years old. As painful as it is to write that, it's even more painful to feed them the copious amounts of food that is required to enable them to lounge around for hours during the day and sleep for 12 hours at night. We've also discovered that they are completely legal to drive on their Canadian licences as long as we're not permanent residents. There is a rumour that Nadia also had a birthday however there is no photographic evidence. That means it never actually happened.
Just this weekend we gifted ourselves a brand new pair of kayaks. Well, technically one is used and purchased over the internet and the other is new, but you can barely tell the difference betweem them. Above are the "SS Drowning Rat" and the "SS Angry-Cat-in-a-Tub". They are lower range kayaks intended for casual travelling on rivers, lakes and the oceans. Some people use them to surf-kayak on the ocean too. Perth is a city that is literally surrounded on all sides by water. From the northeast the Stirling River runs into Perth. From the southeast the Canning river goes to the city. They meet up in the estuary in the city center. And of course, on the west is the ocean. Not having some sort of water craft in Perth is like not having skis or a snowboard in Banff. There are just so many recreational activities you can participate in when you have a kayak.
This weekend we took out the "Rat" and "Cat" for their maiden voyage in one of the local rivers that helps to form the Canning River. Above you can see Nadia checking out some King Pelicans.
And here we are near the end of our voyage happy that we've managed to stay afloat and upright. Today we are going to test them out on the ocean.
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