While out and about exploring the street art around Victoria Park and East Victoria Park we ventured further to explore some of the nearby parks and came across some absolute beauties. Rayment Park Located in Lathlain this park caters for all ages with three playgrounds. The large nature playground has a boat, fort, swings, ropes, bridges, musical play, stepping and balance logs - all with lots of room to move! A ropes playground with a spinner and a double flying fox (7am

Exploring the street art in Victoria Park proved to be too much for just one visit/blog so I have posted in two parts: Victoria Park and East Victoria Park. Learning from the East Victoria Park walk this time we planned to start at the midpoint which proved to be a great idea as the Victoria Park Shopping Centre carpark on Duncan Street was a perfect start point. Be aware that the above ground parking is limited to 1 hour so we parked in the undercover car park which has a 3

With the weather finally cooling down and an overcast day we decided to head to Victoria Park to find all the street art as this has been on our list for quite a while. Our research showed that there were lots of locations spread along Albany Highway into East Victoria Park so we decided to divide the walk into two sections and see how we went. For the Victoria Park Street Art go to: https://www.outandaboutfnc.com/post/street-art-victoria-park. There is a map of the artwork

The most popular walk at Bold Park is the 5.1km Zamia Trail which loops around the park from Reabold Hill, although you can join at a number of other points. Being summer and a very humid day, although cooler than the heatwave days, we didn't manage to get all the way around on the Zamia Trial but still managed a 5km walk criss-crossing along the numerous other trails that wind through the park. We parked at Camel Lake Car Park and followed the lower Camel Lake Heritage Trai

This blog is a combination of a planned and an unplanned walk to explore the street art in Northbridge. For our first walk (the orange trail on maps below) we explored the centre of Northbridge. We started at Chinatown where there are numerous artworks within the restaurant precinct. The artist I am the Wong chose a Chinese expression 'If people are of one heart, even the yellow earth can become gold' for his mural. This expression underpins the idea that when people stick

I've previously blogged the Art City Walking Trail in Perth City but as I did so I realised that there was a new updated version which gave me an excuse to hit the streets of the CBD again to find all the new artworks on this trail. The new trail starts at Elizabeth Quay, winds it's way up to Kings Square and finishes at the Perth Concert Hall and will take up to 2 hours on foot or you can also use public transport options along the way. It may also take you all day if you g

When John Septimus Roe, naval officer, surveyor and explorer, first laid out the City of Perth in 1829, he envisaged a powerful city at the centre of a strong economy. St Georges Terrace was the focus of this design, a broad avenue running parallel to the shores of the majestic Swan River. Today, St Georges Terrace continues it's role as the city’s powerhouse. Follow this trail to discover the history of the city through its iconic places of influence. As you walk along, keep

It's that time of year when I review all the trails I have explored during the year and try to pinpoint 5 favourites. This is no easy task as I enjoy every trail or path I take. I've narrowed it down to the ones which left me feeling that WOW moment. Listed in no particular order: 1. C.Y.O'Connor Beach. https://www.outandaboutfnc.com/post/c-y-o-connor-beach Discovered along the way while exploring from North Coogee to South Fremantle this stunning beach was a complete sur

Weeip Park opened in September in the New Junction open space development in Midland's CBD. It is a fabulous play space with a grassed kickabout area, a youth zone, a playground with nature elements, a path for cycling and a toilet. Weeip was a traditional clan leader of the Noongar Whadjuk Boora Clan. His territory covered South Guildford, the Swan River, Ellen Brook and into the hills. In August 1934 Weeip negotiated a truce with Governor Stirling to improve relations wit

Perth really has so much to offer in the way of formal and informal street art and public art installations. My first exposure was walking through Subiaco on a Subi on Sunday guided walk which opened my eyes to what was on offer and sent me on a search for more. I have used Streets of Perth's interactive map and picture references to plan many walks. They provide a wonderful resource if you are hunting down urban art in Perth and we have used them to create and blog other urb

While walking the Rocky Bay Walk some time ago we noticed some very old and weathered signage for a Heritage Trail and vowed to come back to explore in more depth one day. The heritage trail mapped on the signs differs from the online version, the Rocky Bay Heritage Trail which is made up of two trails - the 2km North Fremantle Historic Town Walk and the Rocky Bay Cliff Walk. To make it more interesting (from experience we have found that often the landmarks no longer exist

Carrying on from the Mt Lawley Urban Art Trail I still wanted to get to Inglewood to explore the street art so when something popped up on facebook about the Jacaranda trees being in bloom in Inglewood I had the excuse I needed. We started from Brear Park and walked down Central Avenue, passing the Melkite Church, (previously Church of All Hallows) where we were invited in for the service later that morning. Past Betty and Dave's Cafe then heading west along Beaufort Street

We thought we'd check out Homestead Park and Spirit Parks as we were driving through South Guildford but our quick get out of the car let's have a look turned into a long and lovely walk along the banks of the Helena River. We parked at Spirit Park and walked across the road for a quick look at Homestead Park which has a gazebo and some exercise stations. Homestead Park opens up into River Bank Reserve and we couldn't resist exploring further so set off along a wide tra

On our way to enjoy the Castaways Sculptures at Rockingham Beach we stopped off to hike the Mt Brown Trail. This short 2 kilometre trail can be hiked as part of the longer 6 kilometre trail which also encompasses Mt Brown Lake but it was quite a hot day so we opted for the shorter walk just to Mt Brown Lookout but will return to explore Mt Brown Lake. First we stopped off at Henderson Cliffs and walked the very short 250m loop trail. There are other paths along the coastli

Highgate backs on to Mt Lawley so provides a seamless extension to the Mt Lawley Urban Art Trail. The Cloud 9 Smoke Shop provides a landmark for where Mt Lawley becomes Highgate where Harold Street intersects with Beaufort Street. The Art Trail winds it's way down Beaufort Street for about half a km to Bulwer Street. Cloud 9 at 539 Beaufort Street has artworks by Brad Loafer. From here we crossed Beaufort Street and walked down the southern side past The Queens Hotel. We mis

When urban art started to become a "thing" in Perth I did quite a bit of research about where the various artworks could be found. My main go to for this was the Streets of Perth interactive map and facebook page and over time I managed to draw a mud map to follow. My mud map sat around for a while as I was busy exploring other trails around Perth but one day it just fitted into my plans for the day. Usually we walk early in the morning but this time we set off in the lat

We had a little bit of spare time after hiking around the Mundaring area so decided to explore Mundaring's 2km Heritage Trail. We called in to the Information Centre and they supplied us with a photo copy of the trail map to follow. You can also access an interactive map online here. We started the trail at the Information Centre as we had picked up the map there. The Heritage Trail had some lovely buildings but many have been replaced. When we got to Sculpture Park and d

This Heritage Trail consists of three different loops around the Scarborough and Trigg Coastline, extending into Trigg Bushland. Each loop can be walked in isolation or combined, as we did, into a 7.5km (2 Hour) walk. Although there are some heritage markers along the way this is really just a combination coast/bush walk starting from the Scarborough beachfront so don't let the "Heritage Trail" put you off trying this lovely walk. We started from the carpark near Trigg Sur

This small but different heritage trail winds it's way through the old Wanneroo townsite. I suggest you download the brochure to show you where to look for the unique pavers and also to get the background to each marker. We followed the map but found it was much more efficient to read the brochure as it explained exactly what to look for and where to look for the markers. Other heritage trails have interpretive signs along the way which is handy but I found this trail uniqu

We were actually searching for the new mural in Bayswater when we came across the Bayswater Heritage Trail brochure online so we decided to follow the heritage trail and see what we discovered in the way of urban art along the way. We parked at Bert Wright Park behind the Bayswater Community Centre where we discovered some beautiful mature trees, a nature playground designed for younger children, picnic and barbecue facilities and public toilets located on the outside of the