View from Freshwater Bay, sitting on the sand beside the Mosman Bay Seascouts building, looking across towards Mosman Park, the Wellington Street water tower on the horizon. Ink wash
Month: September 2020
UWA Irwin Street Building
The “Irwin Street Building” is the oldest building on University of Western Australia [UWA] campus, originally located on Irwin Street in the centre of Perth, it was moved to the current site in 1987. Presently used as the cricket pavilion and heritage office. I drew this in black pencil in a Clairefontaine notebook sitting on a bench under the trees, very pleasant.
Notes from https://www.web.uwa.edu.au/university/history/archive-collections/irwin-street…..
“A T-shaped jarrah building constructed in 1913 provided the University’s original accommodation on this site. It was not quite complete when teaching started on 31 March 1913. Professor AD Ross, Foundation Professor of Mathematics and Physics commented that: “…the first building we got was certainly original in more senses than one. It was a jarrah shed, 110 feet long by 20 feet wide … We estimated that the building would be ready for a start on the 16 March, then 21 March, then 23 March, and finally it must be 31 March. Members of staff, at the risk of their lives, would go in and pin up notes on doors: ‘Department of Geology’ or the like. Since one of the little rooms had already been commandeered for the janitor, the telephone, electric switchboard, brooms, mops and buckets, it was evident that eleven departments must share six rooms.”
Midland Railway Workshops
Just photos, didn’t have time to sketch but will definitely go back…the old Midland Railway Workshops operated from 1904 to 1994, building and servicing engines and carriages for Western Australia’s rail network. The buildings have been silent for the last 26 years but quite a lot of machine shop equipment is still in the empty sheds…Pictures taken peeking through the windows and doors, one was open so I ventured inside…
Fuel Pump
Wesco North Perth Service Station (corner of Angove and Woodville Streets, Perth) is a bit run down, has that original 1970’s look about it (maybe older). Seems to mostly provide mechanical servicing and has four fuel pumps, this one is clearly out of order…the “innards” of the machine are sliding down inside the body…an “ex-fuel pump”
Power Pole
I find drawing power poles fascinating, here in Western Australia the local Eucalyptus hard wood (Jarrah – Eucalyptus marginata and occasionally Karri or Marri) is used for the long, straight poles, each one is unique with whorls and slight kinks along its length. They’re often treated with anti-termite solution so have a greenish tinge. This one is in South Terrace, South Fremantle, but they’re everywhere if you look out for them…except the suburbs that have moved to underground power!
Bayly Street
The last remaining house is Bayly Street, North Fremantle is surrounded by containers, trucks and shipping…such a cute house
Beach Life
A few random beach sketches…
South Fremantle
Sampling the cafe life down in South Fremantle with the Urban Sketchers recently…lockdown lifted, some sense of “normal” returned to some cool cafes
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