Friday, November 28, 2008

Fremantle Markets

Fremantle or Free-o as the locals call it, is a cool little town about 30 mins away from where we live. It sits right on the shore of the Indian Ocean, and has a very relaxed feel about it. Every weekend they host a wonderful open market with a variety of local and not so local goods. The produce they sell there is very nice. We make it down to Free-o quite a bit as it provides a nice and inexpensive get-a-way from the house. On this particular trip we had the pleasure of getting to view a Porsche club gathering in the park so I included a few of the pics from that as well as a few shots from Little Creatures, a local micro brewery. Their beer is very good and they even have a boccie ball court out back reminiscent of the Velvet Dog in Kansas City. If you come to visit us in Perth we will definitely make Free-o a stop on the tour.

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Red Bull Air Race 2008

Perth hosts the final stop of the Red Bull Air Race. Ali and I spent the day on the banks of the Swan River watching planes weave in and out of inflated pylons at very high speed and low altitude. It was very cool. One thing to note is that the pilots must fly so that their head stays in-between the colored bands around the top of the pylon for the run to count. Seriously this was one of the coolest things I have seen!