Author Archives: Ellie Thomas

WA’s biggest non-Cyclone, Bianca, had her fun with some waves down south, but up here in the ‘burbs we got nothin’ but a bunch of media hype and some shiny weather the day before she was due to cause some … Continue reading →

Hello, for another week. Today was tres beau! Taking advantage of a day off, I carried my copy of American Gods by Neil Gaiman and took to the shores of Como Beach on the Canning River. I read and I … Continue reading →

Summer. Southern Hemisphere. Most isolated capital city in the entire world. Possibly, the entire universe – depending on the existence of other life forms and their choice of locating their capital cities in proximity to each other. I am house/dogsitting … Continue reading →

Mental mush. This is what we, the residents of Perth and the ‘burbs connecting to constitute the ever expanding coastal urban corridor, are experiencing. We are amidst rolling heat waves, caused by morning north-easterly winds hailing from the Gibson and … Continue reading →

Fremantle 09/12/10. 7:20 am and 16.4C was the reading. 25.8C was the max at 1:30pm later on. Quite a strong Freo Doctor ripped on through, making it difficult to traipse my weary body across town to the only free parking … Continue reading →

Ahh. Summer. Hello, dear lover. Today I was in Subiaco, workin’ at the bookshop, and a busy ole shift ’twas, as the Subiaco City Festival was a churnin’ on the streets right outside the door bringing many folks to peruse … Continue reading →

I took this on Thursday 25/11/2010 at 3:00pm, the temp was 25.1C at the time, the max hitting earlier, at 11:30am at the heat of 27.8C. ‘Twas windy. This picture is of South Terrace (facing south, conveniently) in Fremantle, known … Continue reading →

Spring. Heatwave. New Job. The Flu. YAY FOR ME! I quickly snapped this picture on Saturday 20 November 2010 on Mount St, West Perth, while I was walking to work in the city amidst a thick hybrid fog of exhaustion/dehydration/influenza. … Continue reading →