We finally made it to the pirate ship at Healthcote Park, and trust me it's not the easiest Park to find. See after Megan and her mob sent an e-mail saying about the Park, I thought it sounded like something that the little nevilles would love to play on. But each time we drove past the area we couldn't find it, bu
t we did find a psychiatric hospital near the area (not thinking that it would be their!). But it was as I found out finally... see the loony bin shut down years ago, and to fix up the park they popped a real beaut pirate ship playground. Heres Sarah and Oscar inside the ship 'shiver me timbers' or as Chase would say 'shiver me nappys'.
As we went for a walkabout around the Park we found this sculpture thingemebob, which turned out to be a chess table sculpture made for a ripper aussie actor, our very own Heath Ledger. Who at the age of 28 should of been bigger then Mad Max, but unfortunately he sank a few too many Panadols and it was 'Goodnight the fox'. He use to come to this Park as a little neville himself, his old girl said in the local rag that 'He truly loved it there'.
And here is our own Harrison Paul with the centre piece of the three sculptures, wh
ich incorporates (big word) a yin and yang design reflecting Heath’s spiritual beliefs. Fair dinkum it's located in a real ripper place as from here you can have a gander along the Swan river, or have a stickybeak across to the Perth skyline. As for the chess stuff it turns out that Heath was right into the game, and was that good he was about to become what they call a 'Grand Master'.
So after some beaut chips from the Bluewater Grill which is just opposite the sculpture, we went back to the playground and all its play thingummyjigs like this shark after Oscar. Come to think of it... Oscar would make a nice little shark biscuit!
But back in the pirate ship it was all the rage, this boat playground is a real friggin' ripper. Wish we had stuff like this to play on as a little kiddie, instead of the steel swings at the end of Brighton Ave. The Park has some good free BBQ's if you w
ant to heat up some snags, or you could just sit back and enjoy a squizz at the scenery. And by the way i'm not just talking about the yummy mummys, the sights looking over to Perth are just unbelieveable mate.But all good things come to and end and
this was the last photo of the day, with Harrison and Jacko walking the bridge of the ship. Fair dinkum this is probably the best Park in Perth for the kiddies to get lost in, but atleast they can have a ripper time doing it!