Milky Way

According to Wikipedia:

The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains the Solar System. This name derives from its appearance as a dim un-resolved "milky" glowing band arching across the night sky. The term "Milky Way" is a translation of the Latin for "milky road", Via Lactea, in turn derived from the Greek kyklos galaktikos or "milky circle", "milk" also being the root for the Greek word for Galaxy.
The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy 100,000 light years in diameter containing 200–400 billion stars. Depending on its structure the entire galaxy has a rotational rate of 1 per 15 to 50 million years.
(This pic is taken from Wikipedia)

Here's a camera trick I learnt from a friend. To try to take a photo of the Milky Way, you have to
1. Select a cloudless night
2. Put your camera on a tripod / floor or any other support which is completely still
3. Set the Appature to open for abt 10 seconds.
4. Take a photo using timer mode. (So that you wont shake the camera when pressing the shutter button)

Got a glimpse of the Milky Way... look closely at the middle-right portion of the pic.

Aviation Museum

Welcome to Perth's Aviation Museum
There is a model of a Spitfire (forgot what series this is) at the entrance.
This museum mainly features (older) military aircraft used during the 60s during the WWII.





There's also a huge collection of model aircraft figures
... some military uniform..
(This is a Nazi general's uniform)

..other WWII gadgets
and memoirs..

Here is the best part of the day:
On the way out, I bought a Walls Magnum ice-cream to beat the hot afternoon sun.
There was this promotion going on..

Yup, and i won another ice-cream!!!
Haha, 2 ice-creams for the price of 1 !

Bells Rapids - Revisited

In an earlier post, I mentioned that my first trip to Bells Rapids was quite a disappointment.

Now in Spring, the river is filled with water again. :)



Canoing and white-water rafting activities going on...


Another view of the bridge, this time with water beneath it.

This street is named after ME

Apart from Kenny Street, there is also Kenny Road, Kenny Drive and Kenny Crescent in Western Australia.

Outback down South

Spring has began...
I took a drive down south to check out the neighborhood..

The plants are starting to grow at this winery...

Strawberries ready to be harvested at this strawberry farm

Cows eating grass...

Signboards advertising different trades..
People selling firewood:

People selling stockfeed:

People selling eggs:

People seiing pottery:

There is even a huge MAXIMUM SECURITY prison near where i live:



Some of Australia's worst prisoners are kept here. More info at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTDGESXnye0&feature=share


The "beware of animals" road-signs are also quite interesting.
Of course, this is Australia. There will always be the classic KANGAROO

We also get snakes


Koala Bears:


Possums:

Horses:

Ducks:


and other random birds:

This is truly an outback experience..

Miami Bakehouse

Probably the best pie I have tasted. Miami Bakehouse has won numerous awards for their pies.

OUTSIDE the shop, they advertise it on their door.


INSIDE the shop, they decorate the walls with certificates and plaques.




There are less than 20 different flavors

This is what the INSIDE of a "Beef and Onion" pie looks likeFresh chunky pieces of tasty beef..... heavenly!