Last day of summer 2024

Paperbark Haiku Ginko WA

Text and photo by Rose van Son

It has been a hot summer here in Perth, the heat unrelenting and so many days over 40C+!  Needless to say, our meeting destined for the Harold Boas Gardens was cancelled because of the forecast. We had been looking forward to the walk, viewing the gardens, experiencing the waterfalls in the brochures; the gardens perched right on the city’s edge.  We thought we could beat the heat, keep to canopied areas, and grapple with moving shade: we can do this, we said! But no, the heat unbearable and the event cancelled. 

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