Some photos taken of Bailey and Lachie in August when they were visiting their grandparents and aunts in Perth!

My favourite dog beach is at the end of the C.Y. O’Conner beach as there is the iconic powerstation building that looms over the beach.  They are developing all the area around the powerstation and with Perth’s tunnel vision planning I can see that someone is going to pull it down instead of using the structure to create an awesome cultural centre (think Tate Modern in London!).  So yesterday I took Lola (who is a blur of black and pink tongue in any photo unfortunately) and my camera to take some shots of the building while it was a little overcast.  Hope you enjoy the shots (and save South Freo Beaches from over development!!!)

I met two friends from Victoria, Rach and Loz in Cambodia for this adventure.  We had already travelled as a threesome before hitting Sicily in 2006 (and almost hitting a few locals with our little Micra as we negotiated tiny alleyways and giant potholes) and Rach and I have travelled through Africa and Vietnam together as well.

Cambodia was a mixed bag of surprises, with stunning ancient ruins, friendly people and beautiful markets.  Unfortunately it wasn’t all beautiful with tourist clambering all over the ruins of Ankgor and the surrounding temples, not paying attention to blocked off areas, poverty and environmental problems.  The poverty of the cambodian people was highlighted for me especially, hotels and tour companies operated by businesses that are not Cambodian owned and profits do not go back into local infrastructure.  Also visiting the beautiful silver pagoda with all it’s riches and coming out of the compound to be confronted by beggers left a bad taste in my mouth. 

All that aside, I loved my time in Cambodia (thanks Rach and Loz for a great time!) and hope you enjoy the photos.

PS I didn’t get the monks to pose for me but I may have stalked some around Angkor for a couple of hours…