Well it was time to hit the Parks again and BURSWOODS PARK is one of the city's biggest, this 113 hectare Park which lies on the foreshore of the Swan River is of cause the home to Perth's Burswood Casino. In the Park is a ripper path called the Heritage Trail, and at the start of it was our first bloke here named Henry Camfield (1799 to 1872). This fella was the first settler in this area in 1829, during the early days of the Swan River Colony. He named the area 'Burrswood' after his family home in Kent, which he was never to see again.
Here is Sarah and Oscar in frount of a Swan water fountain, which lies in the middle of the little lake.
Here is another bloke from the old days this fella ya should know, he's name is Paddy Hannan (1842 to 1925). Paddy was born in Ireland and emigrated to Australia in 1863. He searched for Gold in all the eastern colonies, before he arrived in WA in 1889. He made his great strike in 1893 on the Gold fields of Kalgoorlie, and it makes you wonder how hard these men were. Fairdinkum it was blokes like him who walked the great distance (600kms), pushing make-shift wheelbarrows that carried their equipment and suplies inland to Kalgoorlie.... On ya Paddy!
This sculpture of Hopscotch, emphasises (big word) the liveiness of children at play, just the sort of thing my old girl would of been playing in the back streets of Cookshill.
The Storyteller the inspiration for this work is Dame Mary Durack, renowned chronicler of
Australian history, engaged in a chat with her 'young self' as a child during the colonial days.
Then it was time to have a muck around at the play ground, the little nevilles had a beaut time on the slides. And then after a rest it was time to hit the trail again....
The mob with the WACA behind them.
Then we came upon our last sculptures in the Park, this one is of an old Black Swan and a Dutch navigator Willem de Vlamingh.
The sculpture pays tribute to the significant part played by the early Dutch navigators in the discovery of the western coastline of Australia.Here we have our little swan Sarah sitting on a old swan next to the Swan River.
Oscar with his mate Dutch navigator Willem de Vlamingh, this bloke explored and named the Swan River way back in 1697 Strewth! and that was our last sculpture on the trail. The kiddies had a ripper time getting around the Park, and now i think it is time for our picnic..... see ya!