York Visit

Our visit to York, 1-1/2 hours from Perth was very interesting. First stop was the town hall, one of the most photographed buildings in York and home to the tourist information office. At the tourist information office we met a friendly old gentleman and his wife, who we soon found out had family ties to Rosehearty. Small World, isn't it? His story was a bit hard to follow at times and I didn't realise the significance of it until I got home and did some research but from what I could tell his great grandfather was Rev James Murdoch, Minister at Rosehearty. He also had family ties to Sir Walter Logie Forbes Murdoch, whom the Murdoch University in Perth was named after.

He also mentioned that he visited The Cliff View Hotel (previously occupied by his great grandfather) in 2001 (approx) and considered making an offer with the intention of returning to the place of his ancestral roots.

I made a mental note to try and meet up with this elderly gentleman again after putting 2 and 2 together.


The Masonic Hall:

This handsome building was built for the Independent Order of Oddfellows in 1887. In 1925 it was sold to a similar society, the Freemasons, and became Lodge No.5 of the Grand Lodge of Western Australia. Meetings of the Brethren are held on the first floor and the large hall below is used for a variety of social and community purposes.

York Motor Museum. 150 originals. Good to see in the flesh.

1925 Rolls Royce (twenty)

Old Fire-engine

Austin Vanden Plas Princess (1963)

Lotus Eleven

1903 Oldsmobile

K and Penny Farthing

Old, Red, wooden phonebox

De Dion Bouton 1904

No Shit Sherlock. Who's going to swim in there?

Suspension Bridge......Over the Amoebic Meningitis infected water!

Daisy Hill Farm:

A fantastic selection of farmyard animals. We have only noted a small percentage below.

K with guinea pig. They had quite a few. In each hutch they had a block of ice and the guinea pigs and rabbits huddled round them to keep cool. It was over 40°C when we were there and exhausting even in the shade, so must have been difficult for the little, furry critters.