Perth Part 2: The Swans, The Sundial And The Sunset

Heya

So I'm basically still continuing the backlog of photo's that I have. These are some more of Perth that I took while going for a wonder along the river




And so, as the Dutch explorers came up the river they saw the. . . . .


Black Swans, hence the name, River Swan

Talking of Dutch Explorers, the Sundial on the Jetty, by the River is dedicated to

Willem De Vlamingh (I have no idea how to pronounce the surname!) who travelled from Amsterdam to Australia, coming up the (now named) Swan River in Late Dec 1696 and then arriving in mainland Perth in early Jan 1697. On the sail below shows a map of his voyage (although not clear in the photo!)

So from the Jetty, you can jump on the ferry (or walk onto the ferry, however you prefer to board) and go across the river to South Perth, which give really nice view of Perth from across the river

So there we go, little less backlog now, and in the next post you can see where I've actually been for the last 2 months!

Thanks for reading!