i am truly trying to pack as much into each day as i can while sam is holidaying with us. so today we set off on an adventure that lasted us the entire day. after the kids were safely packed off to school again, we headed for perth city! off to kings park (of course, who doesn't take overseas visitors to kings park?!) but first off, a stop at the blue boat house on crawley bay. you can read about it's history here. it's always had a firm place in my heart, doug and i even had some of our wedding photos taken by it all those years ago.
it's so pretty, i couldn't resist showing her. i was just hoping the whole time that she didn't think i was a total weirdo,
but judging by the smile on her face in this pic, i'd say she liked it just fine.
next stop, the top of perth - kings park. baby alex was dying for a feed by then, so we dropped sam off to do the tree top walk while we went and found a shady spot to sit at the pioneer womens memorial.
i was talking to mum on the phone for a few minutes while he lay on the lawn and oh my word, we were fully being stalked by magpies! poor alex was completely unaware, while those black and white beaky fowls circled him waiting for an in. until i yelled at them, threw a wipes container and clapped my hands a few times. i must have looked like a freaking fool, but i swear they were plotting to have him for lunch. not on my watch mate!
we stopped off for some pics of the perth skyline from the front of the park...
(views for dayssss)
before heading back to ellenbrook for school pick up. damn kids.
after school was off to the old swan view train tunnel in the john forrest national park. i love the bushy walk out to the tunnel with its gorgeous views (because really, this right here is australia!)
and the tunnel itself is amazing too. (you can read here about why it was closed off.) it's design and old style are super cool and i love going on to look at it.
this little dude wasn't too impressed with the situation, and skulked about a bit, refusing to go in, while sam and maddie had a look around. what a cute angry face he has!
cuddles with mum helped a little, and he was happy to wait until they were done so we could walk back.
what a gorgeous view huh!
highlight of my day though, had to be taking sam to have her very first golden gaytime. only the best australian icecream ever (if you haven't tried one yet, there is something wrong with you and you should immediately) whose name has somehow survived possible banning and stayed strong as an aussie icon. they are delicious!
cheers sam! here's to the best time you'll ever have in australia haha!
