Quick sketch of a Cessna 152 light aircraft at Jandakot Airport. Seats two people, son went up for a 1 hour joy ride, controls for both passengers, he got to take off and fly the aircraft (qualified pilot did the landing and tricky bits). They flew across the city and ocean to Rottnest, lap around the island, did a barrel roll, loop-the-loop and stall turn, something different!
Perth
Perth city skyline
Out with the Urban Sketchers Perth recently to draw our city. View from Fraser Avenue in Kings Park overlooking the CBD. Lots of construction work around Elizabeth Quay.
Trigg Beach – Bennion Beach – Winter storm
A blustery, stormy day for the second week of winter this year, Bennion Beach (next to Trigg Beach) was being pounded by the big waves, sand scraped off the limestone rocks and swept along to the next bay. Indigo sky threatened rain (showers on and off today) but strangely not cold. This was a rapid sketch as there was no shelter at the beach…
City Beach Perth – Winter Sun
Late afternoon sitting on City Beach in Perth, just before sunset (5.20pm) a golden light dances on the Indian Ocean before setting for the night…
Perth Zoo
A spontaneous day trip to Perth Zoo yesterday, a lovely warm and sunny late autumn day was a great time to visit the zoo to sketch the animals. I spent about 4 1/2 hours wandering around sketching at random (it costs $33 to get in so had to make the most of time).
80 Guthrie Street, Osborne Park
One of the last houses in Osborne Park, Number 80 Guthrie Street. Most of the area is retail/industrial and the original homes have been demolished for new businesses. This place looked rather neglected with broken windows and piles of rubbish in the front yard…probably won’t be around for too much longer…
Point Peron
Point Peron, about 45 minutes drive south of Perth, a picturesque peninsula along the coast, lots o rocky little islands a reefs up and down the coast, looks to be a great place for a snorkel
Beach life…more
Freshwater Bay
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.”