The Rainbow Warrior Ioana, 13 July 202513 July 2025 We saw the Rainbow Warrior, the Greenpeace flagship, in September 2005 when it visited Fremantle to campaign against whaling. Continue Reading
New Norcia Ioana, 13 July 202513 July 2025 New Norcia is a monastery that was set up in 1847 not far from Perth by Spanish Benedictine Monks. It is named after Norcia in Italy, the birth place of St Benedict. We visited it several times. 2005 Continue Reading
Matilda Bay & Perth Ioana, 30 September 202430 September 2024 On a nice Sunday morning in spring we we went for a short boat trip with a friend from RPYC to Elizabeth Quay and back. Continue Reading
Silver Gull nest Ioana, 29 September 202417 June 2025 Seagulls often nest in places that are high and in the open, giving them good visibility. One silver gull family chose a slightly hollow pier at our yacht club as their nesting place. They do not like it when either humans or boats got near their den, and start their… Continue Reading
Whale Watching on the way to Rottnest Ioana, 22 September 202417 June 2025 We left the pen early in the morning to enjoy the flat ocean in the light easterly breeze. We saw the dismasted Leewin II again, and the dented roof of the WA Maritime Museum, before we hit the whirlpool at the heads. Khalil Gibran’s lines came to mind “It is… Continue Reading