Watson and Crick and World War Too!

You may be thinking to yourselves, "Now, what do Watson and Crick have to do with World War II?" But as wise as you all are, I know that you've come up with the answer by now. Yup, you guessed it, King's Park. Looking down at the map on the post below, you will notice that King's Park is right above "Me" (I know it looks a lot like "He", but it's really "Me"). It is on the opposite side of the street that runs behind my residence.One day, whilst Breana and I sat around contemplating what to do next, I decided that we should take a walk in my 400.6 hectare (a hectare is a rich man's acre... worth 2.47 acres a pop) back yard. It was a most beautiful day full of promise and adventure. King's Park is a wonderful place for walking, running, biking, and just admiring the scenery.

After about 30 minutes of walking, we came to what is called the DNA Tower. It is so named because it is in the shape of a double helix, similar to that of deoxyribonucleic acid. From what I gather, it was built to resemble some staircase in a European church some time ago. However, given its eerily similar structure to that of DNA-discovered of course by James D. Watson and Francis Crick in 1953-it then became known as the DNA Tower. So, we climbed the tower, took in the view, took a few pictures, and moved on to see what else King's Park had to offer us.

I guess you should know that as we got to the DNA Tower, it began to rain on and off. Sometimes very lightly, and other times very hard. That seems to be the theme of weather here... annoying and wet, as you may be able to tell from the photos.

At the upper end of King's Park there are botanic gardens that would be very nice if it were not in the middle of winter. However, there were still some nice greens to admire and a spectacular view of the city. It is from here that my picture of the city was taken. At this point in our journey we got trapped in the park under a canopy of sorts for a good chunk of time due to an unrelenting rain that wanted to make sure we did not enjoy ourselves... but we still did anyway.

Also up here was a nice war memorial to Australian troops that lost their lives in all wars, not just WWII as the title may have led you to believe. One Australian put it like this, Australia has actually been in every war that the US has been in since WWI, the only difference between the US and Australia is that the Australians never start wars... and they send less troops.

Wandering back home now lost in the park, we stumbled across a little park called Synergy Parkland and resembled something from Jurassic Park. I should let you know that we were only lost because I thought I knew where I was and decided to go right at a fork in the road when Breana speculated that we should go left... needless to say, she was right. Here, near the end of our walk, over four hours after we first set out, the rain began to stop and a beautiful double rainbow appeared in the sky.

That's a little more on my surroundings here in Perth. I'm sure the park is a lot cooler on a nice sunny day, but at least the rain here keeps you guessing.