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images from trip to Perth Dec.27-31 2008
Kings Park
There is a story to this tree which has haunted me since.
It is a 750 year old Gija Jumulia (Boab Tree) tree removed to make way for a highway in the Kimberley region of Western Australia (Halls Creek) in July 14, 2008. The tree, which weighs 36 tonnes, has been replanted 3200 kilometres away here in Perth's Kings Park. It's yet unknown if the tree will survive this violence.
There is a dark shadow which haunts this states history, hidden under all the spin of mining wealth and all the materialism which it brings for it's beneficiaries. This tree embodies it all, a 750 year old living creature uprooted to widen a road in the Kimberly.
The plaque narrative tells of how indigenous people have graciously gifted the tree to Perth citizens and praises the saving of the tree in Kings Park.
My first reaction was one of anger and disgust at our country's lack of respect for our ancient heritage that we would up root it to widen a road (like we need more), and then bewilderment at why we needed to do it at all, why not move the road to circumvent the tree. But no we wrench it from the earth and museumify it in a botanical garden in the city centre as a trophy of progress.
I hold my head in shame ... why did we allow this to happen?
The gruesome pictures of it's extraction can be seen here
East Coast 43 310 arrives at platform 7 with the Inverness to London Kings Cross daily service. 29/5/2010
Opening in 1974 and closing in 2002 the Perth Entertainment Centre was for many years the largest concert venue in the city (seating 8,003). It holds the record for "the largest purpose built regular theatre (containing a proscenium arch) in the world". It's been locked up and unused for 8 years and is soon to be demolished as part of the Northbridge Link project.
L-R Rlf Dvr Scott Wilkie, Passenger Guard Jimmy Scott (Scotty), Inverness Dvr Jimmy "Jump" Johnstone, Inverness Trainman Mark Gray and Dvr Raymond Irving.
Opening in 1974 and closing in 2002 the Perth Entertainment Centre was for many years the largest concert venue in the city (seating 8,003). It holds the record for "the largest purpose built regular theatre (containing a proscenium arch) in the world". It's been locked up and unused for 8 years and is soon to be demolished as part of the Northbridge Link project.
Opening in 1974 and closing in 2002 the Perth Entertainment Centre was for many years the largest concert venue in the city (seating 8,003). It holds the record for "the largest purpose built regular theatre (containing a proscenium arch) in the world". It's been locked up and unused for 8 years and is soon to be demolished as part of the Northbridge Link project.
Onlookers study ice flows on the river Tay from the viewing platform at the bottom of the High St.Perth.(Stagecoach Optare on Smeatons Bridge.)23/12/10
Perth Holding sidings in 2010. Taken from 3 road looking towards buffers which were erected when location changed from Down Carriage Sidings to the Holding sidings with closure of Perth South Shed.
Opening in 1974 and closing in 2002 the Perth Entertainment Centre was for many years the largest concert venue in the city (seating 8,003). It holds the record for "the largest purpose built regular theatre (containing a proscenium arch) in the world". It's been locked up and unused for 8 years and is soon to be demolished as part of the Northbridge Link project.
Panorama shot from kingspark using a D70 stitched in autopano and HDRd in photomatix with touch up in PS
Looks much better in high or original, but beware it is a 30 odd megapixel image
H E Clifford and Lunan (Glasgow) 1909-14. Renaissance. Ashlar built with tall single storey and basement, with hall clerestory set back above; symmetrical frontages, centre section of W front
recessed, with 3-bay coupled column Roman Ionic portico, 3 arched doorways within 1-window side bays, with broken pediments and side scrolls: raised quoins, modillioned eaves cornice, blocking course: large scale sculptures above. Lunette attic.
Perth Stadium located in Burswood adjacent to the Swan River, Armadale railway line and Graham Farmer Freeway. It is the main venue for AFL football replacing Subiaco Oval as the home ground of the West Coast Eagles and Fremantle Dockers for the 2018 season. It is also the venue for large-drawing cricket matches what were previously played at the nearby WACA ground. Under a sponsorship arrangement it is currently known as Optus Stadium.
The stadium seats around 60,000 spectators as an oval with the ability to be reconfigured for for a rectangular field with a capacity of 65,000. The development of the Burswood stadium was chosen over a potential redevelopment of Subiaco to a similar capacity ground in mid 2011 - the previous plan was the build in Kitchener Park and demolish the existing Subiaco Oval until theconcept was abandoned in early 2009. The Burswood site selection was made due to its lack of development constraints and the presence of the railway line enabling a large station and sidings to be constructed.
The stadium site was previously part of Burswood Park Public Golf Course which closed and the site was split between the stadium and an adjacent hotel development servicing nearby Crown Casino. Decades prior to that the stadium site was Goodwood Racecourse - located alongside current Belmont Park Racecourse both were privately developed before being taken over by the Western Australian Turf Club in 1945 and Goodwood was subsequently closed.
Perth Bridge also known as Smeaton's Bridge it was opened in 1771 after a wooden bridge was dispatched into the flooded Tay 1766. This was the only vehicular crossing of the Tay until 1960 when the neighbouring Queen's Bridge was opened. Traffic between Perth, Scone and Forfarshire still use it with a newer white painted external footpath seen.
Perth was preparing for XMas those days. In a european mind it feels more than odd as the temperatures just didn't feel right.
Fire at 417 Perth Ave., Toronto, Wednesday April 9 2014. Additional firefighters wait at the corner of Perth Ave. and Dupont St.
Second day in a row that Perth has been blanketed in smoke from massive bushfires down south.
Usual view on the left, this mornings view on the right