Interesting places in Perth, Western Australia:

Swan River		City of South Perth
Kings Park		South Perth, Western Australia
Best view of Perth		Maurie Hamer Park
Burswood Entertainment Complex		Kagoshima Park
Burswood Dome		West Perth Botanic Gardens
Canning River		State War Memorial Precinct
The Italian Club		Bell Tower
Ambar		Shenton Park
Subiaco Oval		Applecross, Perth Western Australia
Accor Mercure Hotel		Jackadder Reserve
Metro City Nightclub		Perth Central Rail Station
Sir James Mitchell Park		Salter Point, Western Australia
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Perth is the capital of the Australian state of Western Australia. A population of 1,477,800 ^ (2005 estimate) makes Perth the largest city in Western Australia and home to three-quarters of the state's residents. The city is also the fourth most populous urban area in Australia.

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Mourning Johnston Drummond and Kabinger. Black Kangaroo Paw, Macropidia fuliginosa, Western Australian Botanical Garden, Perth, Australia
Made by Rana Pipiens
Curtis's Botanical Magazine, that wonderful source of botanical information presented in marvellous style, gives a description in 1847 of 'Anigozanthos fuliginosa'. It is already then remarked that this Black Kangaroo Paw is quite different from the other kinds of Anigozanthos (and later it received its own particular name: Macropidia fuliginosa, Sooty Bigfoot, I would say...). Curtis's quotes from a recent letter received by the London Journal of Botany from James Drummond (1786/7-1863), the official botanist of the Swan River Colony (today called Perth): 'By a ship now about to sail, I send two fine species of Anigozanthos, collected by my son (since killed by the natives), in the vicinity of the Moore River... The dark-flowering one, of which but two specimens have ever been found in bloom, is a real mourning flower; the upper portions of its stem, and lower portion of the corolla being covered, as it were, with black velvet...' Indeed, 'killed by the natives'... What that phrase might have meant to people in Britain at the time?! But the story is a far more particular one than Drummond the elder's suggestion. His son Johnston (1820-1845) followed closely in the footsteps of his father. Already as a lad he was collecting and selling specimens and seeds of Australian plants. And he became an untiring explorer. On a trip with James to the Moore River (north of Perth), Johnston had found our plant in 1842. On their expeditions the Drummonds were accompanied by native helpers. One of these was one Kabinger and his (extended) family group. The Drummond sons were used to sleeping with native women, and this led to tragedy in 1845. On a short expedition, Johnston had been spending nights with Kabinger's wife. Kabinger - who'd earlier been accused of cattle-rustling - one night crept up on Johnston and killed him with his glass-tipped spears. A few weeks later, he was tracked down by one of Johnston's brothers, and shot dead... Small wonder, then, that James Drummond for a while lost his appetite in collecting and botanising. His pain can be read in that excerpt above from his letter. A pain so great that he apparently had to make a general statement about the danger of 'natives'...


The Giant Sundial (Voyage of Willem de Vlamingh) in Barrack Square of Perth, Western Australia :: HDR
Made by Artie | Photography :: No need 2 comment :)
Halo all again! I'm still holidaying but all coming to an end soon unfortunately. guess its a good time to slow things down a bit & do some flickr catchup :) A post from good ole Perth taken last year. With a cloud formation like this, who can resist not taking a shot! I for one can't resist the temptation for sure :P even when i couldn't find a stunning foreground at that moment, i'll still go for it! Well, this kind of sky don't come that often at a right place right time esp during travelling. Off to be lazy now... take care & catch u all sometime soon. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Sunset from Willem de Vlamingh Memorial, Barrack Square in Perth City, Western Australia Artist: The Smith Sculptors This memorial commemorates the epic voyage from Amsterdam, of Willem de Vlamingh and his fleet who mapped the west coast of Australia in 1697. A giant sundial with two clock faces showing Perth time and Amsterdam time is a living link in space and time between Holland and Australia. The Shot 3 exposure shots (+2..0..-2 EV) in RAW Tripod :: Manfrotto 055XPROB with 322RC2 head Camera :: Canon 5D Mark II Lens :: Canon EF 17-40mm F/4L USM Photomatix - Tonemapped generated HDR using Photoshop - Added 2 layer mask effect of 'curves' for contrast in sky & foreground - Added 2 layer mask effect of 'level' to darken the foreground subjects - Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (reds) to tone down the ground - Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (yellows) to tone down the sunset - Used 'free transform' to straight the pole from wide angle distortion - Applied slight noise reduction for the ground Music Usher - More -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Mantid mastication
Made by myrmician
Jason and I checked out Wireless Hill in the evening last week because the days have been so hot. After much wandering around we were rewarded by a return appearance of that spectacular bark mantid we saw last time. This time though, we were lucky enough to observe it feeding! The victim in the picture is a Crematogaster ant. These small ants are very common and form long foraging trails which they frequent and maintain by placing down pheromones. These foraging trails are literally a conveyor belt of food as it doesn't even have to move as the ants continue to shuffle past, being plucked up one by one, unaware of the predator hanging over them! The mantid perches itself directly centered over the ant trail, its raptorial arms recoiled, ready to strike. Once it has chosen its victim, it slowly tracks it with its arms before picking it up in a flash - faster than a blink of the eye, and way faster than my reaction time in pressing the shutter as I failed to get even one shot of prey capture in progress. The mantid catches the ant so cleanly, that the other ants barely notice it has gone missing. This particular mantid always chose to decapitate its victim first before eating the rest of the body - possibly to stop the ant trying to bite it back. It was quite a gruesome affair to observe through the lens, although intriguing and hence enjoyable at the same time. The mantid repeated this process about a dozen times or so, before the flow of ants started to subside - quite possibly the foraging trail eventually realises it is losing members from lack of contact with each other, the pheromone trail is weakened and the ants eventually decide this path is not worth going down anymore. Because the mantid was moving as it ate the ant, bit by bit, I struggled to get a clear shot of its head - this was by far the best action shot, and although I missed the focus on its face the butchered ant is pretty sharp.


Stood up?
Made by colinlogan
There's a cool little park on a corner block in Northbridge (Perth's nightlife suburb, over the train tracks from the CBD). They've got a huge screen and some interesting glowing blobs for people to sit on. So before I went out swing dancing I loitered around there a little with my eye to finding some strangers. Initially I asked a small asian girl who was sitting cross legged on a concrete block, thinking that it'd be cool to fit her all in a shot while she was sitting scrunched up. She wasn't into it though, saying No thank you like I was offering to sell her something. I've had that response from a few people and it throws me a bit each time. So this lad was sitting a couple of metres behind her and I noticed him while she was rejecting me. But I didn't go straight over, rather I walked past and down the street a little to see if there was anyone there. I spotted a group of youths harassing an old aboriginal guy. The old guy and the kids each threw up their hands a few times, ready to start some fisticuffs. I took a few photos from across the street, but nothing came of the confrontation. So I headed back to the park hoping this guy was still there. He was up for the photo straight away. We chatted a little while I took the shots but I paid close attention to his speech and tried not to capture derp faces mid-word. He told me that he was waiting for his girlfriend. They'd been introduced to each other about a month before at a party. He also told me that he'd 'gotten successful' about two weeks ago. I'm quite sure I don't know what he meant. After a few shots I headed off to find my friends who were down the street grabbing some dinner. On my way back through, about 15 minutes later, I spotted him still sitting there. I do hope he wasn't stood up. This is the forty ninth portrait of my attempt at the .


Pink in the Rain. Eucalyptus leucoxylon, Supreme Court Gardens, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Made by Rana Pipiens
My legs needed stretching after a couple of longish flights from Osaka, Japan, through Seoul and Kuala Lumpur to Perth in Western Australia. So despite the rain, I walked the Adelaide and St Georges Terraces 'route'. And spent an hour or so looking at the pretty gardens of the Supreme Court. So much to see and to photograph. But most appropriate among all that beauty seemed to me to be these blossoms of the Yellow or Blue Gum Tree. This particular tree was planted in May 1974 by Toshio Sueyoshi, mayor of Kagoshima in the very south of Kyûshû Island, Japan. It is a symbol for the twinning of Perth with that Japanese city. Eucalyptus leucoxylon - Well-covered (a reference to the covering operculum or bud-cap of the blossoms) whitewood - was first described extensively by Ferdinand Jakob Heinrich von Mueller (1825-1896) in 1855. A native of Germany, he'd emigrated to Australia. Originally a pharmacist, he became a full-time botanist. Appointed Government Botanist of Australia in 1853, he lost no time in describing and promoting Australian plants. He never lost his pharmaceutical interests, and he put much energy, for example, into promoting eucalyptus oil for medicinal uses. Happy to say, I needed no medicine to recover from my flights but only the beauty of this garden and its trees.


Perth skyline – West Australia
Made by kees straver
Some things just look better Large and on BLACK…… Enjoy!!! I can to realize that my stream had a major deficiency of Australian photos and especially photos from West Australia. I made this shot on my second trip to Australia (2004) and I only had my trusty compact camera for Canon than, infect all my photos of Australia where made in my pre SLR period. Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and it ranks fourth amongst the nation's cities. Perth has one of the most beautiful lookouts in the center of a city in Australia. I took this shot for Kings Park and as you can see you got a great view of the skyline. I wouldn’t mind returning to Perth on day but my next trip to Australia (2011–2012) while take me from Sydney to Cairns, about the same route I took almost 10 years a go during my 1 year stay in Australia, and to bee honest I just cant wait to go back again and see Australia trough the lens of my Canon 5D MarkII.


Bentham's Method. Eucalyptus caesia 'Silver Princess', Western Australian Botanical Garden, Kings Park, Perth, Australia
Made by Rana Pipiens
Sad father James Drummond - see earlier posting - was the first collector (1847) of this beautiful Eucalyptus from the Wheatland area around what is today Perth. It was named Eucalyptus caesia (gray- or silver-barked eucalypt) by George Bentham (1800-1884) in 1867 when he - in England, and basing himself partly on the Drummonds's work - was making an important inventory of the flowers of Australia between 1863 and 1878. George was a favorite nephew of the famous utiliitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832). Jeremy made George his heir which gave the latter the means to live and work independently. It is said that George's botanical work was influenced by the fact that he adopted his uncle's philosophical/scientific method. He was no doubt influenced by the man because he was Jeremy's secretary from 1826 onwards. But I'm not (yet) sure how that influence exactly reflects on George's botanical work. The sky was bright when I took this photo and it blacked out my first attempts. Then I used a flash...


Great memory
Made by colinlogan
I made a quick dash across the mall to catch this guy before he got past me. His awesome James Dean hair had caught my attention and he didn't look in a rush. He sad Of course when I asked for his picture. He had much the same attitude as the Germans I've loved photographing. So armed with his permission and suddenly up close I realised how tall he actually was. I jumped onto a bench that was just behind me, slotting in beside a couple of other occupants who gave me mildly concerned glances. From that vantage point I fired off a few shots in quick succession. Once I'd gotten down again we started to chat. He was walking to work at the Ridges hotel just down the street. He asked me if I was blogging the photos and I let him know they where going up on flickr. I didn't have my notebook with me, and had run out of receipts to write my url down on. He told me that he had a great memory so I told him the url and hopefully he'll come visit. This is the forty first portrait of my attempt at the .


:: Crawley Point Boatshed ::
Made by evoke images
What an Amazing place Western Australia is. This was shot at Crawley Point Boatshed, about 5km out from Perth CBD. I woke up at 5am to look outside my Mercure hotel room and seen clouds everywhere, it had been raining all night and the past few days previous to this. I was thinking about heading back to bed but managed to convince myself that I will get some alright photos. So I jumped in a taxi and headed on down. Lucky enough the clouds cleared slighty and the sun pop through at the right time. This really kicked my holiday off to a great start :D For the rest of our holiday the weather was perfect, except for the odd day or two. People keep telling us that it was the most sun they had seen in months. After this beautiful morning I walked back along the Swan River to the hotel room and jumped into the hire car and drove 6 hours to Albany, driving past amazing yellow fields of canola. This is one of my favourite places whilst on holidays in Western Australia.


Chaperone
Made by colinlogan
This stranger was wonderful. I was walking through the Hay street mall in Perth city and her vibrant red headscarf caught my attention from across the walkway. I quickly walked over to her before she passed by me. When I asked for her photo she initially accepted and then paused and asked what it was for. Once I explained she was quite happy to take part. We chatted a little as I snapped away and she told me that she was in the city looking after her young sister who was out with some friends. In my last shot the patches of light coming through the trees fell favorably on her. When I showed her the photo and she was overjoyed by how it turned out. She asked for a copy but I didn't have my usual notebook and pen with me so I ended up scribbling down the url on the back of a receipt from my wallet. I really hope it wasn't an embarrassing purchase. This is the fortieth portrait of my attempt at the .


Perth City - City of Light
Made by autumn_leaf
Best viewed Perth, Western Australia, is also sometimes known as the City of Light. Perth would appear to be, to the traveler, a place of romance: the 'City of Light' acclaimed by the astronaut John Glenn who, orbiting the earth overhead in his Mercury capsule in 1963, claimed to have seen 'the tiny glow on the south-west tip of the great black southern continent,' as its inhabitants left their lights on through the night in honor of Glenn and the United States space program. 'I can see lights on the ground,'Glenn reported. 'I can see the lights of Perth on the coast. Thanks everyone for turning on the lights.' More details about Perth can be found here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth,_Western_Australia


Melinda Gainsford
Made by Jack o' Lantern
Melinda Gainsford [Anne Morrow Lindbergh, JACyap] Hybrid Tea raised by William A. Warriner (United States, 1993) Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. in 1994 as 'Anne Morrow Lindbergh’. Pink blend. Strong fragrance. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Melinda Gainsford - Taylor One of the truly great runners of Australian athletics history Melinda Gainsford has been winning races and medals - fans of the fleet-footed runner can celebrate her victories with the rose named after her, Melinda Gainsford, rose of the year for 1994. Melinda's home town is Narramine also home of Swane's rose nursery. Melinda is the only sports star to have a rose named after her.


Madame A. Meilland
Made by Jack o' Lantern
Madame A. Meilland [In France 'Madame A. Meilland' ( in honour of the breeder's mother) In Italy 'Gioia' (it. for joy) In Germany 'Gloria Dei' (lat. for honour to god) In the USA 'Peace' ] Hybrid Tea raised by Francis Meilland (France, 1935-1939 ) Hybrid Tea rose with large flowers and a light yellow to cream color. It is hardy and resistant to disease making it popular in gardens Peter Beales, English rose grower and expert, said in his book Roses: 'Peace', without doubt, is the finest Hybrid Tea ever raised and it will remain a standard variety forever. Peace is definitely the most popular rose of the 20th century


London court
Made by colinlogan
London court is probably the place in Perth most like the lane-ways of Melbourne. They're both full of cafes, luxury clothing stores and beautiful soft light. I was glad when I found a stranger to complement the surrounds. When I found out this lass was 17 years old I was a bit shocked and asked Shouldn't you be doing homework? No! she replied. I graduated. She went on to tell me that she's now studying Communications at Notre Dame, a Catholic university in Fremantle. She's always in the city meeting up with friends for coffee and a chat. This is the forty sixth portrait of my attempt at the .


Rainbow Bee-eater
Made by GJ Fotos
There I was, scouring the Complete Book of Australian Birds to identify this little bird which I sighted up at Wireless Hill. When the section of honey-eaters drew blank I started after the waders and kept going until I reached the bee-eaters. Honey-eater, bee-eater... maybe they are related after all? With similar colours for male and female, the difference is in the width of the tail and length of the tail plume, which is longer in the male. This is the male bee-eater. That said, maybe he is undecided, as one of the plumes is long and the other very truncated!


Willie Wagtail 01
Made by Jack o' Lantern
The Willie Wagtail was a feature in Australian aboriginal folklore. Some aboriginal tribes regard the Willie Wagtail as the bearer of bad news. It was thought that the Willie Wagtail could steal a person's secrets. They also venerated the Willie Wagtail as the most intelligent of all animals. The bird has appeared as a character in Australian children's literature, such as Dot and the Kangaroo, Blinky Bill Grows Up, and Willie Wagtail and Other tales. This lovely bird is almost always on the move and rarely still for more than a few moments during daylight hours.


Como Jetty cutting the horizon
Made by KC Tan Photography
Another angle of the Como Jetty at sunset. I tried to get the colour transition of the sky to go smoothly from natural sunset orange to red to magenta and to blue with filters. Surprisingly, it is quite difficult as it took me a few evenings with clear skies to get this right. Each time I tried I only got a 5 min window between too much and too little light. Please visit www.kctanphotography.com or www.facebook.com/kctanphotography


Violent Calm
Made by Tim Wrate
Please check out my blog where I have published a larger verison of this image check it out here. Also, please check out my facebook page. Night settles in over Perth, Western Australia, casting pink and purple hues over the Swan River. Taken on a recent business trip to Perth, I tried to take a different point of view on the much photographed Crawley Boat Shed. I think it works!


He knows the worthlessness of words
Made by KC Tan Photography
I came across a public gathering for a Walk for the homeless campaign. There were politicians, ministers, media and a crowd. After the talk on providing support for the homeless had finish, the crowd cheered and clapped. There was a homeless person within the crowd looking at the people on the podium with a distant stare. He sat there in solitude, unmoved by the speech... Seen in Welfare Rights Centre Inc (http://www.sceneandunseen.com/). Please visit www.kctanphotography.com


Poached egg on toast for breakfast
Made by BunburyBob
This is the egg and toast I had for breakfast this morning. I'm showing this image as an example of the differences in colour reproduction between the Adobe ACR conversion and the Nikon Capture NX2 conversion. In each case, no settings or defaults or whatever were applied to the image. This is the Nikon egg and I think this looks most like what I ate. The colours especially for the yolk and the toast seem much more life like to my eye. This image made Flickr Explore for 25th September 2008 - Highest position #227 - Go figure !