Today we went on a trip to Bells Rapids in the afternoon to meet up with some fellow photographers on a photowalk, all of us went today the wife and the kids as well, the kids had a great time I think the walk was around the 5km, around the bells rapids area. we had plenty of rest breaks on the way for the kids to have a rest and a run around. The walk wasn't all that hard and quite pleasent.
Here are a few photos from the walk.
Today we decided to do a family trip out in the outskirts of the WA Wheatbelt, We packed up the car with our lunch, drinks in the esky and headed off on our trip, the Kids are only little so we make plenty of stops at Playgrounds etc so they can stretch thier legs and have a run around, I reckon they probably have seen more Playgrounds than the average child by now they enjoy it though. We headed off through Roleystone along Brookton Highway, heading towards Brookton which will be out first stop approxiamately 125km away from home, probably have lunch a walk around and head towards York.
After having a look around having lunch we headed off to York, if I see old ruins on the way I usually stop and take a few images if time permits this time there was an old home and a silo on the way where I stopped for a couple of pics.
This trip we had plans to visit the old homesite of My wifes ancestors, The Parkers and Wyborns whom also come from the same family as Lord John Forrest and Alexanda Forrest whom had also descended from the same Family line, I am right into researching the Family tree at the moment, so this trip will be a little interesting, unfortunately we were not able to enter homesite as it is still privately owned.
We arrived into York and had a wander around town got some fresh drinks, there is a huge Family and Caravan Rest area along the side of the Avon River in town ghas all the amenities and the hops are very close by, plenty of playground area for the kids to have a run around, here is a few snaps from around York,
After a wander around town we tried the locate the old homesite which is pretty much near the end of the town we found the Balladong Farm first, thinking it was where we had to go but the homesite was located elsewhere after returning back to town we found the old homesite. surprisingly for something that is over 150 Years old most of the bvuildingd are still standing, it is fenced off so I could only get phoitos from outside the fence.
After stopping at the homesite we headed for home we made a quick stop to have a look at Mundaring Wier on the way.
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Today My Karen and I both had days off from work so we decided to do a trip to go and look for wildflowers and have a look at the Cano...
