Media thread - 4 October 2024, 12:37

A photo taken from my seat looking down the length of the plane, we've only just started boarding so there aren't many people on it yet.

We are on a plane! Off to Perth to see @burgerdrome and some other non-fedi friends.

Posted on 4 October 2024, 12:37

A photo looking upwards at the outside of the Museum of Western Australia, with the old brick building that looks like it's from probably the late 1800s/early 1900s sitting below a modern building, but there's a big vertical gap between the two. Very Independence Day vibes.

A photo of a massive statue of... uh... one of the really long-necked herbivore dinosaurs that is a classic and everyone knows, whose name is escaping me right now. It has brown skin and is absolutely towering above the rest of the exhibits and people around it.

Today we walked to the art museum which was fantastic (I took some photos with the DSLR, processing will come later), and then went to the Museum of Western Australia which is REALLY good, and massive and we didn't actually end up going fully through all of it because we wanted to get home and chill before heading out to see @ohthyme.

There's a newer part built on top of an older building, and from street level it honestly looks like the new part is somehow hovering above the old, it's such a cool effect. Also, it's not a real museum unless it has a GIANT dinosaur, and this one definitely delivered.

darkroom perth buildings museum dinosaur

Posted on 5 October 2024, 14:53

A photo of a bento box with teriyaki chicken, rice, a couple of pieces of sushi, some spinach and lettuce with a delicious and really light sesame kind of dressing, and a slice of blood orange.

A photo of four people sitting around a restaurant table: me, a man with a short red beard and short brown hair, @yayKM, a woman with short brown hair, @ohthyme, a clean-shaven man with glasses and somewhat short hair who is leaning his head on his girlfriend's shoulder, who is a woman with shoulder length dyed pink hair.

And tonight was absolutely incredible Japanese with @ohthyme and his lovely girlfriend!

kristina selfie me food perth friends bento

Posted on 5 October 2024, 23:00

A photo of a tall platform up in the air with an orangutan sitting on it, with its arm crossed and what looks like a pale blue blanket or something pulled over its back and head.

Today we went to Perth Zoo, which to be honest was very underwhelming. We did get to see an orangutan sitting with its arms crossed and a blanket or something over itself keeping an eye on everyone though. There was a also section with a bunch of those little monkeys in it, I don't remember what sort, but they were absolutely zooming around and yelling at each other, which was fun to watch. After that we wandered around the CBD a bit and then headed back home because we were pooped. I took a handful of photos but nothing amazing.

darkroom perth orangutan

Posted on 6 October 2024, 15:29

A photo of three people sitting around an outdoor pub table. Me, a white man with a short red beard and an *ahem* very receding hairline, Kristina, a white woman with short brown hair, and @burgerdrome, a white man with longer hair that's pulled back and big beard that's been plaited, who is throwing the shaka sign.

Tonight we met up with @burgerdrome for dinner at the pub around the corner from where we're staying!

kristina selfie me darkroom perth friends

Posted on 6 October 2024, 20:43

A photo of part of a beach, with absolutely blue crystal clear water and a cloudless sky.

A photo of a quokka, low to the ground holding its front up with one paw.

A photo of a quokka standing upright on its hind legs looking directly at the camera.

The same quokka as the previous photo, still on its hind legs but with its head lower and looking off to the right, as if it's no longer interested in me.

Today's activities were Rottnest Island and quokkas!

You could not have asked for a more perfect day, it's been completely sunny with an absolutely glorious breeze, and we've walked 13k steps/10 kilometres. Currently just chilling while we wait for the ferry back to the mainland.

beach darkroom perth quokka rottnest island ocean

Posted on 7 October 2024, 15:31

A selfie of four people grinning at the camera. @az's partner, a white woman with really cool bright pink hair and glasses, Kristina, a white woman with short brown hair, me, a white man with short brown hair and a red beard, and @az, a white non-binary person with brown hair.

Met the extremely lovely @az@scorpinc.social and their equally lovely partner tonight! We went to the Japanese place that's just around the corner from where we're staying, and while it was quite tasty, surprisingly the place we went to in Midland the other night was better.

Final step count for the day is 17.5k steps, 13.43km. Ded.

kristina selfie me darkroom perth friends

Posted on 7 October 2024, 23:44

A photo of an open grassy area surrounded by tall trees, with a little stream off to the right and a chonky plank of wood going over it to allow for crossing.

A photo of four people smiling at the camera. There's me, a white man with a short red beard and short hair, velvetrhapsody, a white woman with VERY long light brown/bordering on blonde hair and glasses, Kristina, a white woman with short brown hair, and w0d, a white man with long dark brown hair that's dyed neon green at the front and a huge long dark brown beard.

After yesterday's efforts we had a relatively chill one today. Went to Araluen Botanic Park where there was allegedly a tulip festival, but October is right at the tail end of things and the tulips were looking pretty ratty for the most part. It was still nice to get some nature in and take some photos though.

Then in the afternoon we went over to visit some friends from LiveJournal who we've known for nigh on 20 years and used to live in Sydney (w0d and velvetrhapsody, in case anyone from the early-to-mid 2000s Sydneysiders community is on here). He plays guitar and drums and she used to play saxophone and apparently electronic saxophones are a thing and she'd been toying with the idea of getting one, so we're going to make some music together at some point!

(Also I say "chill one" but I just checked and I've still done over 10k steps.)

kristina selfie me darkroom trees perth friends

Posted on 8 October 2024, 22:06

A photo of a very large golden-brown poodle mix, maybe a groodle, smiling and staring directly at the camera.

I went down to hole-in-the-wall coffee place around the corner for our morning coffee (the place we're staying has a Nespresso machine but it uses the old smaller-style pods and I think they're stale because it's AWFUL), and there was the BESTEST dog named Douglas there. He came right over to say hello, I gave him lots of scritches, and then when they left he insisted on carrying his own lead back to the car, haha.

dog darkroom perth

Posted on 9 October 2024, 11:23

A photo of the partial timber hull of a huge sailing ship, the Batavia, from the 1600s.

A wide-angle photo of a big black submarine sitting in a dry dock.

A photo of a piece of focaccia with tomato sauce (as in the pizza basing, not like ketchup), blobs of fresh melted mozzarella cheese, cherry tomatoes, and fresh leaves of basil.

Back to Fremantle today, we went to the Shipwreck Museum (free entry, small, but very good) and the Maritime Museum ($15/ticket, larger than the Shipwreck Museum but not very good, and as far as I can tell none of the exhibits have had the statistics they mentioned in the descriptions updated since the early 2000s). The Maritime Museum had a couple of interesting bits about things during World War II, and there was an Oberon-class submarine in dry dock that was cool, but you had to pay extra to go on it as a part of a tour.

I also got a margarita focaccia and custard tart from a place called Common Bakery and OH MY GOD they were SO GOOD. The focaccia was absolutely perfect and the toppings were completely fresh.

darkroom food portrait mode perth museum ship submarine

Posted on 9 October 2024, 17:23

A photo looking out from the window of a plane that's sitting on the tarmac, showing the wing and another plane in the next terminal over.

Bye Perth, it's been fun!

darkroom perth plane

Posted on 10 October 2024, 12:25