A Sunrise in Perth

Perth has a lot of bike riders. It's true. We got up early this morning to see the sun come up over the Swan River from the vantage point of Kings Park. We had some clouds this time so it made for some great picture takin'. In the meantime there were numerous bike riders in groups and alone riding all over the place. Some were training, some were getting their exercise in, and others were out for the air and the view. And there were a lot of runners, too. Made me feel like I had been slacking. Thing is, I'm using this trip to slack on purpose! Now I want to get back to riding and running again!

The city skyline of Perth, Western Australia...around 5:45 am on Tuesday morning. Our last Tuesday in-country before we head back to the USA.

As the sun rises, the first passenger plane of the day leaves Perth's airport for some place out there over the horizon.

The Wife walks among the karri trees in Kings Park to get a better camera shot of the sunrise.

The ANZAC War Memorial at Kings Park as the sun rises. Normally there are many flowers growing around the pool with the eternal flame but we caught the park between re-plantings. It was still a beautiful and powerfully silent place to be. On ANZAC Day this area is covered with people who are here to remember Australia's war heros and to honor their military living and dead. Much like America's Fourth of July but I think, as a whole, the Aussies are much more reverent about their holiday.