A Travel, Photography and Points Blog
I had a great time exploring Perth and the surrounding suburbs last year as part of Open House, naturally I was excited to see what 2017 Open House had to offer. I made sure to keep my weekend free in advance. There were definitely some really cool places were visited, in particulate the business and corporate buildings. I thought the residential open house location were a bit limited and lack lustre this year in contrast to last.
Wanneroo Pines has been on my list of photography spots in Perth for a little while. I’ve seen photos from portrait and engagement sessions and was keen to check it out. A couple of weekends ago, a group of friends and I headed to Joondalup to do an Escape Room challenge and given I was in the area I took the opportunity to check it out. It turned out that Wanneroo Pines was right next to Lake Joondalup. There was a lovely 16km lake circuit for walkers and cyclist that we didn’t have time to do as the weather was starting to turn. Just as we got back to the car it had started raining.
As part of my birthday celebrations, we spent a couple of hours exploring the Wonders of the World LEGO Exhibition at Perth Convention Centre. It was my first time attending a LEGO exhibit and I had a great time learning about how these intricate constructions of many famous monuments of the world were built by the Brickman masters and also a bit of the history of each of the wonder. It was a great afternoon indoor activity given the stormy weather hitting Perth that day. From royal jewels to the Empire State building. It was just fascinating to see how the expert builders used various brick hapes and sizes to creatively build these well known icons.
The cover shot is probably my favourite photo taken at this year’s Brookfield Winter Lights Festival in Perth. It lent itself to black and white really well. I spent a couple of hours one Saturday night exploring the various light displays in the Brookfield area of the Terrace.
2017 was the 5th year that Brookfield was transformed into a playground for light. There were colourful light projections on the heritage buildings along St Georges Terrace, there was an interactive avatar projected onto one of the heritage buildings. It tracked and mimicked the movement of a person in the interactive zone. There was an interactive light installation where the giant light sticks would change colour depending on the position of the rod. I think the Fuji X-T10 and the 35mm F/1.4 did a great job capturing the low light and colourful lighting situations.
The Lions Lookout Walk Trail is a 4 kilometre loop trail give you an expansive view over the Perth city and Bickley Reservoir. While the walk is short, the difficulty lies in the steep loose descents and uphill climbs. We found the trail wasn’t obviously sign posted, which meant we took the wrong turn on a couple of occasions. As we did the walk in late autumn, the leaves and trees were bare. In spring there would be plenty of wildflowers along the trail.