Our Happy Little Vegemites

We went up to Kings' Park on the weekend, which is one of the largest inner city parks in the world. It beats out New York City's Central Park by a fair amount! It is a gorgeous park, a great place to take the kids for a day out. We only had the younger ones as The Eldest One was working and The Social One was being social with friends (she may have to curb her social life now though, seeing as she just got her very first after school job!). So we walked along the tree top bridge walk there, and saw the War Memorials as well as some stunning plants and views across the city and the Swan River. The kids marveled at the water spouts in the ponds and rolled down the green grass like kids should do! We had a picnic lunch, watched by a curious crow and reminded the kids that they needed to use this as practice for when we are sightseeing in America later this year.  It did occur to me that being a tourist in your own city is not only a great way to see your city through 'ne...