Old Owl's photos

Gnarabup beach. (Better, perhaps, when seen large. Please press Z.)

A Happy Fence Friday to all. I hope your day is calm and that your weekend offers some respite from the current financial and political turmoil. This fence surrounds the King Carnival which has sat here next to the river for 70 years or so. It is to be demolished to make way for the construction of a brewery and restaurant. After all, we can’t let children’s fun stand in the way of profit, can we?

Shadow on the wall of the Fishtrap Theatre at Mandurah Performing Arts Centre. A Happy Wednesday Wall to everyone. I hope your day and the rest of your week brings you contentment and perhaps some joy.

A children's climbing frame in Koolaanga Waabiny playground, Hall Park on the Western Foreshore, Hall's Head (a suburb of Mandurah).

May I wish a Happy Bench Monday to all.

Rising from a lover’s bed She smiles, casts out a net To draw a new one in. *** Happy Fence Friday, everyone.

I hope you have a fine and Happy Fence Friday, and that your minutes, hours and day are calm and pleasing. Hurrah for the coming weekend. This was early yesterday morning, just after sunrise. The bridge is over one of the residential canals in Mandurah, WA, leading to the marina and Dolphin Quay.

I hope everyone has a delightfully Happy Fence Friday. The fence is not to keep the wheel in, but is actually next to a railway line which carries freight to the port. There are many crossing places so the park and wheel are easy to get to. It's a lovely spot, just across from Fishing Boat Harbour in Fremantle.

The Round House in Fremantle, the first permanent building in the Swan River Colony (which became Western Australia), seen from High Street. It was built in 1830 as a prison. (Press Z to biggen it up.)

May I wish you all a Happy Fence Friday. Stay warm or cool, depending on your location and preferences. And believe that things can only get better.

Oh, the games we played in the summers of our lives when we were young

Happy Bench Monday to all. May your day and your week be calm.

Have a great and glorious Happy Wednesday Wall and a fine rest of the week. This is the outer wall of the former Australian Sailing Museum in Mandurah. The museum was designed and built by Rolly Tasker, a legendary figure in the international ocean yacht racing world, and opened in 2008. Unfortunately on his death in 2012 there was no-one who wished to take on the task of running what was a delightful museum and many of the exhibits were either transferred to the West Australian Museum in Perth and Fremantle or were sold at auction. It is now a WOTSO workspace available for hire by businesses.