An evening trip into the city

@JudyEv (381762)
Rockingham, Australia
July 23, 2023 8:45pm CST
The photo has nothing to do with the text but is of the ‘family’ at our last house-sit. Vince and I decided to go to the city to see a ‘Lightscape’ show in King’s Park. King’s Park consists of 400 hectares (988 acres) of grassed parkland, botanical gardens and natural bushland on Mount Eliza. Natural bushland comprises two thirds of the total area. Our forefathers had huge insight to keep so much natural bush in the middle of the city where everyone can enjoy it. A friend recommended the Lightscape on Facebook and we decided to go. Being a bit new to city living and a bit naïve, we didn’t check out the event before we left. We drove to the railway station, caught a train into Perth (free on Sundays) then a clipper bus to King’s Park (again free) and found our way to the entrance. That’s when we discovered it wasn’t free as we had thought but actually quite expensive. If we’d googled it beforehand we might not have gone but in the end it was well worth the money.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (117199)
• El Paso, Texas
24 Jul 23
That's a shame, I wish it had been free but in any case it sounds like you enjoyed yourselves. I love that photo. I thought those pups were bigger than they are or was the cat huge?
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (117199)
• El Paso, Texas
24 Jul 23
The mother is probably a lot older as well. Jack Russells have proven to be escape artists, a friend of mine had one that kept getting over her 6 foot rock fence in her back yard.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381762)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 23
@rebelann If they really want to get out, it takes a lot to stop them.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381762)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 23
The cat was pretty big but the dogs were Jack Russell size. The mother on the left was pretty solid but the other two were much slimmer.
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allen0187
@allen0187 (59648)
• Philippines
24 Jul 23
Too bad it wasn't free.
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allen0187
@allen0187 (59648)
• Philippines
26 Jul 23
@JudyEv happens to the best of us.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381762)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 23
It was pretty silly of us really to think they would be!
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Always smiling
@allknowing (153544)
• India
25 Jul 23
I see a cat in that 'family' I have seen cats and dogs getting along fine I have had that experience here
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381762)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Jul 23
Once it was almost unheard of but now many cats and dogs get along just fine.
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
24 Jul 23
A beautiful photo of the creatures. You go Judy keep on truckin.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381762)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 23
We had a house-sit cancel but that enabled us to take on another one. It's not till September though.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (135583)
• Marion, Ohio
24 Jul 23
Glad it was worth the money.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381762)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 23
Anything like that seems really expensive nowadays. We sometimes look at going to shows and/or concerts but the price always puts us off.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (135583)
• Marion, Ohio
24 Jul 23
@JudyEv That's the same way here. Everything costs to much
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222288)
• United States
24 Jul 23
Love the photo. I'm sorry that the Lightscape show was so expensive; but I'm glad that you enjoyed it. Have a wonderful day.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381762)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 23
It was pretty silly of us to think it might be free but by the end of the night we were very pleased we went.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120533)
• United States
24 Jul 23
I'm glad you feel like it was worth it though. It would have been a real bummer if it wasn't enjoyable at all. Those dogs are just too cute.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381762)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 23
Thinking about it now, it should have been obvious that it wasn't free. It was a lot more than just a couple of trees lit up. I think we've lived in the country too long!
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502189)
• Italy
24 Jul 23
That big black cat is bigger that the dogs. What a shame that it was expensive. I am careful now with the events. We received the invitation to assist at the speech of our Mayor for the the Swiss National Day (August 1st). The invitation says "a drink with appetizers will follow".... good, but nowhere it is mentioned FREE. I think we wills stay home.
M Cheung
@Beestring (15373)
• Hong Kong
24 Jul 23
Glad it was well worth the money.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381762)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 23
I'm glad we went. If we had known the cost first, we may not have bothered.
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