Kings Park is one of my favourite places to visit. It over looks the city of Perth, Western Australia with so much to see and do. http://www.bgpa.wa.gov.au/kings-park
September is one of the best times to visit. The weather is beautiful and most of the wild flowers are in bloom.
You can do guided tours and learn the names of the wild flowers or just take a leisurely walk.
There are many different areas to visit. A memorial to our soldiers that fought for our country and another memorial for those who died in the Bali bombings.
One feature not many know about is the whispering wall. This is a stone wall/seat that surrounds the eternal flame. If you have a friend to sit at one end and whisper something, you can hear it at the other end....true... you just have to go and try it!
Other spots in the park include playgrounds for children, water features and a bridge you walk over with a canopy of trees underneath and views over the Swan river.
Weekends are busy as many families and friends get together for barbecues or picnics.
It is nice to take morning or afternoon tea and relax. A fruit cake is good, especially one my mother made. Often, I would sit and watch her make it and, if quick enough, get to lick the bowl when she finished!!!
Here is my recipe.
Boiled Fruit Cake
September is one of the best times to visit. The weather is beautiful and most of the wild flowers are in bloom.You can do guided tours and learn the names of the wild flowers or just take a leisurely walk.
There are many different areas to visit. A memorial to our soldiers that fought for our country and another memorial for those who died in the Bali bombings.
One feature not many know about is the whispering wall. This is a stone wall/seat that surrounds the eternal flame. If you have a friend to sit at one end and whisper something, you can hear it at the other end....true... you just have to go and try it!
Other spots in the park include playgrounds for children, water features and a bridge you walk over with a canopy of trees underneath and views over the Swan river.
Weekends are busy as many families and friends get together for barbecues or picnics.
It is nice to take morning or afternoon tea and relax. A fruit cake is good, especially one my mother made. Often, I would sit and watch her make it and, if quick enough, get to lick the bowl when she finished!!!
Here is my recipe.
Boiled Fruit Cake
Ingredients
1 cup of sugar
2 cups of mixed dried fruit
4 tablespoons of butter
1 cup of cold water
2 teaspoons mixed spice
1 cup of plain flour
1 cup of self-raising flour
1 teaspoon of bi-carbonate of soda
Half a cup of boiling water
2 eggs, beaten
Method
Put the sugar, dried fruit, butter, cold water, mixed spice into a pot and cook on a low heat for about 3 minutes. Take off stove and allow to cool.
When mixture is cold, add flour, eggs and mix together.
Dissolve the bi-carbonate of soda in boiling water until combined, then add to cake mixture.
Put mixture into a greased and lined with baking paper round cake tin. Place in moderate oven and bake for one hour.
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