Perth and Me
I guess my previous post sounds as if I don't quite like Perth. Nuh...not at all. There are things which I admire.
- Town planning. Very neat. The best is they weaved in landscape - hard and soft in a very subtle manner. The park is not deserted. Parks could be found with lots of birds and the trees are certainly not 'dying'.
- They take care of pedestrians. All pedestrians walkway is 'linked'. No pot-holes. No sudden step of like a foot deep like what we have here. If there is big split in levels, they plunked in lift for pedestrians. So no problem with stroller ALL THE WAY! (But I have problem lifting the stroller into our apartment though. There are some steps leading to the main entrance. So I had trained up my muscles there and I am SURE that my arms get BIGGER with all the carrying, walking etc! ;) )
- They take care of fine details. Yes, very fine details like road curb is done in a proper manner. No mess up job.
- They love cycling. :) This makes the city very 'in-scale'.
- Public Transport(Bus- which they call Cats in colours: Red, Blue, Green) within the city if FREE. :) And we can even know what time the next bust will arrive and almost all times, they are pretty much punctual.
- I don't think anyone wants to snatch my hand bag there. I felt safe even walking in the park alone with Jien. :) This is perhaps the most important point. SECURITY.
I have not ventured into their housing areas and the famous outback. I guess I will scream for love of the beauty of the almost untouched beauty if I were to visit the outback ... Hmmm. There will be ONE FINE DAY, I would say: Perth here I come again. HA HA.
- Town planning. Very neat. The best is they weaved in landscape - hard and soft in a very subtle manner. The park is not deserted. Parks could be found with lots of birds and the trees are certainly not 'dying'.
- They take care of pedestrians. All pedestrians walkway is 'linked'. No pot-holes. No sudden step of like a foot deep like what we have here. If there is big split in levels, they plunked in lift for pedestrians. So no problem with stroller ALL THE WAY! (But I have problem lifting the stroller into our apartment though. There are some steps leading to the main entrance. So I had trained up my muscles there and I am SURE that my arms get BIGGER with all the carrying, walking etc! ;) )
- They take care of fine details. Yes, very fine details like road curb is done in a proper manner. No mess up job.
- They love cycling. :) This makes the city very 'in-scale'.
- Public Transport(Bus- which they call Cats in colours: Red, Blue, Green) within the city if FREE. :) And we can even know what time the next bust will arrive and almost all times, they are pretty much punctual.
- I don't think anyone wants to snatch my hand bag there. I felt safe even walking in the park alone with Jien. :) This is perhaps the most important point. SECURITY.
I have not ventured into their housing areas and the famous outback. I guess I will scream for love of the beauty of the almost untouched beauty if I were to visit the outback ... Hmmm. There will be ONE FINE DAY, I would say: Perth here I come again. HA HA.
Labels: travel
posted by blinka.Li at 2:53 PM
2 Comments:
O_o...wondering what happened!
Hope ur bro is ok now!
And..yes, Perth (esp the suburbs) is very quiet, but a really great place to raise a family, becoz u get to do a lot of outdoor activities. If you don't, you'll die from boredom! HA HA HA!!!
I think Sydney or Melb wud be a better place if you need more excitement!!!
Glad u guys had a great time... Jien really looks good!
fast fast blog abt spooky story la.....I love spooky stories!
Jien's smile is so sweet in your previous entry. So nice to spent holidays in Perth. Glad u enjoying it.
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