Iron Heart IH-634S - World Tour 2010 - 2013
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fremantle trip part ii…
and i'm on campus! the west end of freo used to be a major shipping hub. as such, a lot of these buildings are from the turn of the century and have been repurposed as classrooms. behind me is an old storage shed which has been turned into the library. ahead of up are a bunch of other repurposed grainhouses and stockrooms, that now form the law school.
locked up the trusty steed. more important than water is the coffee… definitely needed for a three hour crim lecture
the entrance to the court house, where the school operates moots and mock trials. and across the road is the park i normally take my lunch
and just a little bit further is the brewery. a very welcome sight at the end of a long day…
around the corner is half of the maritime museum. unfortunately i didn't get time to go inside for some photos, but there are some cool-ass shipwrecks in here…
walking the streets, and taking in more of the architecture. fremantle has pretty strong ties to its physical heritage, and as such you often see lots and lots of federation era buildings. even when they've been turned into carparks. a few examples of the architecture: 1 2 3
4, and an old orthodox church nestled in the middle. in addition to some old buildings, fremantle also has some old laws. for instance, it's technically illegal to do your laundry in the kitchen. moving along…at the far end of high street is the roundhouse, which is situated at arthur's head - where the first british landing occured. it's the oldest standing building in WA, and was intended as a benthamite prison. it should be noted that unlike the eastern states, the swan river colony was initially entirely free men. it was only in the economic recession of the 1840s that we ended up receiving british convicts (as a source of free labour, and when their 7 years transportation was served, as population growth).
the black ball you see handing with the flags in the first picture is actually a time ball. up until WWII it would drop at 1PM every day in order for boats to accurately set their clocks. and the view from the top…
and back down high street because it's time for class! see you later…
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man, amazing leg already, great stuff
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thanks all…
after a long-ass day yesterday (two hours of riding, gym, class, then work at 9PM) i was toast today. went to the gym in the morning then my favourite recovery combo...
bath & a book
beer
and a foam roller
onto the jeans, here are a couple detail shots for you all. they are looking GREAT
and in action - trying to look decent as i'm out to dinner with my girlfriend's parents tonight. forgot about the shave. oops…
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me too! finished off a long week with another long day - 6th day in a row at the gym, 50ks of riding, and an afternoon of lectures. only one thing is gonna get this scowl off my face - swapping out of these ridiculous gym clothes and into some ih. (photo credit to my long-suffering girlfriend)
oh, and going out for burgers! i used to play in a band called whalehammer with rich and scott (dave, the fourth member, eloped to SF and now plays in rank xerox, amongst other bands) and we remain good friends, and all appreciate a good burger. anyway, we head out to a hole-in-the-wall burger joint called novembar and rock up just as they're turning off the burners. thankfully they heat up the hotplates for us to get the last burgers of the night…
the dude who runs the place, minh, is a self-confessed burger tragic and burger enthusiast. he's all about pushing the extremes of the burger, and one look at the menu confirms this ( 1 2 3 )
he also runs a couple of contests - finish the spiciest burger in ten minutes and get it free; take longer and pay double - or the man vs fat-boy burger, where you pay by the minute taken to complete it. we opt for safer choices, although scott decides to get two burgers (just after telling us that extreme hunger often causes him to make irrational menu choices. oh well).
note the scale model of the "to the roof" burger. and yes, it has been made before!
accidental shot of superblack shirt and WTs
burgers come out…
note the signature star-shaped bun. i opted for the triple cheese…
… and demolished it with ease
afterwards, we head down to the foreshore and sink a couple beers. starts out like this
and soon the worries of the week have faded away. until next time…
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damn, a month flies by. hope all works out stever, we do need more poor dietary choices posts
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wow, so all we have left are:
Foxy 32 Will be in China June July
Shoque 32 Austria August
Beatle 31 GermanySeptember
Seul 32 Belgium Octobertime sure does fly by.
