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1. Avon River Descent 01Aug2009
(Phocagallery / Avon River Descent 01Aug2009)
... it was really worth it. Read more about our great time at the races here.  ...
2. Bodyboarding 09Oct2008
(Phocagallery / Bodyboarding 09Oct2008)
First time in the ocean here for the boys as spring is turning toward summer.  They had a chance to test Karl's new bodyboard.  ...
3. Flowers
(Phocagallery / Flowers)
The wildflowers are blooming from August to October in Western Australia (spring).  We timed it just right with our trip north to Kalbarri. Some photos in this site are also of some wildflowers grown ...
4. Halls Head 06July2008
(Phocagallery / Halls Head 06July2008)
On Sunday, Peter was playing a role in the Noah and the Ark skit in Kids' Church at our church's Mandurah/Halls Head campus (30 minutes south).  So we all went to church down there for the first time.  ...
5. Just Another Sunset-01Nov2008
(Phocagallery / Just Another Sunset-01Nov2008)
With the sunset moving later into the evening after changing to Daylight Savings Time, we're enjoying walks to the beach after supper.  Here's photos from a Saturday night sunset at Warnbro Beach. ...
6. Kangaroos!
(Phocagallery / Kangaroos!)
...  We had a lovely time hiking, viewing the falls, playing baseball and football, and, of course, watching the kangaroos. To choose any of these photos to print, click here.  ...
7. Karl Goes to Camp 03Mar2009
(Phocagallery / Karl Goes to Camp 03Mar2009)
... behaviour, he had a great time. ...
8. Margaret River - Apr2010
(Phocagallery / Margaret River - Apr2010)
... including: the sheep shearing demonstration (this time Karl and Dane were singled out to help); watching surfers and surf sailing at Yallingup and Prevelly beaches; climbing on the rocks and watching the ...
9. Mike & Lori's Visit Jan2010
(Phocagallery / Mike & Lori's Visit Jan2010)
We had a great treat of a visit from my brother and his family.  For 8 days in early January, we toured all the best sites in the Perth area, hit the beach several times, and headed south to the Margaret ...
10. Mom S in WA - Day 05
(Phocagallery / Mom S in WA - Day 05)
We gave Carla and Ann a tour of our school campus this morning.  Sorry - forgot the camera so no pictures, but you can see my photos of the school from last May here. Lanette was working today, so after ...
11. Mom S in WA - Day 06
(Phocagallery / Mom S in WA - Day 06)
After the ladies had their time at the Spotlight shop for a look at crafts and fabrics, we all headed to downtown Perth for an afternoon at Kings Park.  It was a gorgeous day 80° day, and Carla and Ann ...
12. Perth 07July2008
(Phocagallery / Perth 07July2008)
... We took a walk following a path of bridges that took us up into the trees.  Being winter here and late in the afternoon, it wasn't the ideal time to take photos.  We'll have to go back when more ...
13. Pt. Peron 16Aug2008 (Tim)
(Phocagallery / Pt. Peron 16Aug2008 (Tim))
Peter's photos trumped my (Tim's) photos this time.  See the other gallery on "Pt. Peron" for all of Peter's great photos and for a description of our excursion.  I thought I'd just post some ...
14. Surfers at Prevelly 25Apr2009
(Phocagallery / Surfers at Prevelly 25Apr2009)
We saw some big-time surfing at the mouth of the Margaret River near Prevelly.  These beaches are known as possibly the best surf beaches in Australia. ...
15. Warnbro sunset - Apr2010
(Phocagallery / Warnbro sunset - Apr2010)
Just another sunset from Warnbro Sound - this time enjoyed with pizza. ...
16. Wogarno Hill
(Phocagallery / Wogarno Hill)
About 5 km from the station homestead is Wogarno Hill, which is a rocky outcrop that rises about 50 meters for about 3 km.  We had a great time climbing rocks around it and then one afternoon Karl, ...
17. Highlights: Karl & Dane at Wogarno_2
(Phocagallery / Karl & Dane at Wogarno_2)
Karl & Dane at Wogarno_2: The boys had a good time on the tyre (Aussie spelling) swing by the homestead where the owners of the sheep station live.  ...
18. Driving Outback: Dalwallinu Hotel
(Phocagallery / Dalwallinu Hotel)
Dalwallinu Hotel: In the bush leading towards the outback, there were very small towns spaced about 30 km apart that seemed to have seen they're heyday a long time ago.  Most of them had a similar ...
19. Toodyay 02Aug2008: IMG_1320
(Phocagallery / IMG_1320)
IMG_1320: We arrived too late for the Avon Descent.  By the time we got to the "weir" (dam) where there was to be lots of action going over the falls, the rescue people were waiting for the one last ...
20. Australia Day 26Jan2009: Australia Day 2009 -09
(Phocagallery / Australia Day 2009 -09)
Australia Day 2009 -09: The new "Wheel of Perth" Ferris wheel - a 50 metre high ride for 284 passengers at one time in 36 gondolas. ...
21. Peaceful Bay Jan2010: Jan 2010 Peaceful Bay - 61
(Phocagallery / Jan 2010 Peaceful Bay - 61)
Jan 2010 Peaceful Bay - 61: Dane - The plaque behind him tells the story of the Mandalay shipwreck which sometimes can be seen from this point when the tide is low (about every 10 years!) ...
22. Sailing to Garden Is. Jan2010: Garden Island sailing 11Jan2010 - 01
(Phocagallery / Garden Island sailing 11Jan2010 - 01)
Garden Island sailing 11Jan2010 - 01: This foot-long lizard hung around us for most of the time we were picnicking. ...
23. Red Bull Air Races - Apr2010: Red Bull Air Race Apr2010 - 21
(Phocagallery / Red Bull Air Race Apr2010 - 21)
Red Bull Air Race Apr2010 - 21: Two Red Bull helicopters provided video feeds from their cameras - sometimes getting very close to the race course and the planes. ...
24. Red Bull Air Racing in Perth
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... Wikipedia describes it this way: "[Red Bull Air Race Championship] is an international series of air races in which competitors have to navigate a challenging obstacle course in the fastest time. Pilots ...
25. Holidaying with cousin Karen
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... Planet recently listed in its top 10 regions of the world. We hit most of our favourite spots including the sheep shearing demonstration where this time Karl and Dane were selected to help the shearer. ...
26. First-time Surfers
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... getting up on his feet a few times.  No lengthy rides, but definitely some success.  Click on the photo at left to see the action sequence that starts with me and Peter and shows Peter getting up on the ...
27. Car Chase on Fox News
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... and see the man run from one car and jump into another (clip from video at right), that happened at a major intersection near our main shopping centre in Rockingham. At that time, Lanette and Dane were ...
28. Big Day in the City
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... for some time as we haven't attended one since being in Australia.  We were glad we went, and found some friendly faces that we connected with. From downtown Perth we headed directly west to Cottesloe ...
29. We are liking curry
(Blogs/Dane's Blog)
Here in Australia, there's lots of people who eat curry.  It's because of how close we are to Bali (Indonesia), Malaysia and India. Mum's tried cooking it about 4 times so far.  This last effort may ...
30. Hockey... Aussie style
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... the "All Blacks" 3-2 after trailing 2-1 at halftime.  The photo at right shows the Hockeyroos first goal about to go in. Don't ask me the rules - I still don't really get it.  But it was fun to watch. ...
31. Sailing to Garden Island
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... and a foot-long lizard that hung around for most of the time we were eating at the beach.  Fortunately, we didn't see any of the tiger snakes for which are well-known to populate the island.  All-in-all, ...
32. Peaceful Bay Camping
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
In mid-January, we headed south as we did last year to camp and fish at Peaceful Bay on the coast of the Southern Ocean.  We didn't have as much time to get away as we did last year, but did find about ...
33. Australia Day 2010
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... Peter had missed it last year but was able to come along this time.  Australia Day commemorates the first landing of convict settlers in Sydney Harbour in 1788, but it very much has the feeling of the ...
34. A visit from the cousins
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... hours across the Nullarbor plain) so they really got to experience the Australian Outback.  After a day of clouds, humidity and threatening rain (it doesn't do much more than threaten rain this time of ...
35. Our Christmas
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... Lanette realised it was the first time since arriving in Australia that she really went all the way into the water for a swim... as shocking as that may seem! She claims the water was finally close enough ...
36. Merry Christmas!
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... here as we should top out at about 95° on Christmas Day (and sunny, like most every summer day here).  It might top 104° or so on Monday or Tuesday, just in time to welcome Mike & Lori and the girls ...
37. This Website Has Been Mobilised
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
We're keeping up with the times here with our family website.  I've found a service (Osmobi) that "mobilises" websites, that is, it makes a website much more friendly for viewing on the smaller screens ...
38. Peter pitches well
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... baseball being a minor sport in Australia, it sometimes takes on vocabulary from other Aussie sports.  In the paragraph above, I had to go back and take an "s" off of the end of  "inning".  In cricket, ...
... marks the end of the working day. podcasts/last_post.wav (Read more about "The Last Post") One minutes silence: sign of respect and offers time for reflection on the significance of those who ...
40. Dancing Dane
(Blogs/Lanette's Blog)
... along with nearly 1,000 students from 20 other schools. He loved it and had been looking forward to the day!  He had a big smile every time he was on the dance floor. He competed in 3 dances: Year 4 ...
... River (a surfer's paradise and one of the main towns), and it's the popular 3-4 hour escape destination for Perthites.  We've been down that way several times in the past year in a half as a family, including ...
42. Peter receives big honour
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... be there.  Instead of explaining to Peter the real reason why the last minute change in plans, we reasoned that we'd been talking about sometime going out to eat at the Japanese restaurant owned by Peter's ...
43. Hot temps and baseball
(Blogs/Lanette's Blog)
... are at 4:00 so it gives us time to head home for some lunch after the morning game.  ...
44. First Hot Day of Summer
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
We've been waiting a long time for summer in Perth and it came quickly today.  We topped 36.7°C (98°F) today.  With only 15% humidity, it was a very pleasant day for watching two baseball games (first ...
... and can be seen even on our own Warnbro Sound beach sometimes - though we missed the one that showed up last week while we were away. The fur seals blended in quite well on the rocks.  You had to look ...
46. Gruben Visit Wrap-up
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... Yet, on a map of our state of Western Australia, the area we saw looks so incredibly small. Our photos show the diversity of spring-time wildflowers we saw over the past two weeks.  And we were able ...
... the Pedal Prix trip on this site... until now. I had an awesome time with our 57 students who went 1,700 miles east of here to Murray Bridge, South Australia, to race our college's human-powered-vehicles ...
48. The giant footy ovals
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... and Collingwood Magpies, both of them Melbourne teams who were #3 and #4 in the competition ladder at the time (out of 16 teams). The game was at a sold-out Etihad Stadium which is a retractable-roof ...
49. Avon Descent River Races
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... the kayaks and surf skis followed.  Often there were a dozen of these blokes trying to hit the chute at the same time creating havoc at the bottom.  Plenty of fun to watch. It was just a gorgeous winter ...
50. About Canberra
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
I had a terrific time in Canberra with our students.  Canberra is the federal capital of Australia.  Similar to Washington, DC, Canberra was a planned city designed from scratch to be the capital.  Australia's ...
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