John Lennon and Paul Simon
Posted on October 27, 2009 - Filed Under General, Humor
Hey Oz! Since our blog has gone a little Beatles crazy, I thought I would add this You Tube Video I found today. There is a lot of humor, digs, and funny murmurings between Paul and John Lennon as they present an award at the 1975 Grammys.No Snow for Moscow
Posted on October 18, 2009 - Filed Under Environmentalism, News
I didn't know that Moscow usually is covered in snow from November till March. However its Mayor is going to try to change that. They will do cloud seeding:The mayor of Moscow promises to keep it from snowing. For just a few million dollars, the mayor's office will hire the Russian Air Force to spray a fine chemical mist over the clouds before they reach the capital, forcing them to dump their snow outside the city. Authorities say this will be a boon for Moscow, which is typically covered with a blanket of snow from November to March. Road crews won't need to constantly clear the streets, and traffic - and quality of life - will undoubtedly improve.I just don't know if this is sound. The people outside the city are worried it will mean even more snow for them. Read more at Yahoo News HERE
101 things you didn’t know about the Beatles
Posted on October 6, 2009 - Filed Under General, Humor, News, Personal, Technology
I have been doing some cleaning up around the house and came across a page out of an old newspaper. Perth's "Daily News", Wednesday, November 17, 1982, pages 28, 29, 47 and 48. The reason I had hung onto the page was because one was dedicated to 101 things you didnt know about the Beatles. So I thought I would share, after a lot of typing lol. Just remember this is from 1982, so you will likely know most of it. :- Twenty years ago a record was released - "Love me do" by a group called the Beatles. The disc struggled up the charts, finally settling uneasily at 17th position. Fine, said the music press - now lets get back to Bobby Vee and Roy Orbison....But the Beatles weren't so easily dismissed. Extending their influence way beyond the bounds of music, they literally reshaped the attitudes of an entire generation. Here, as a twentieth anniversary tribute, we present 101 things you (probably) did not know about the Beatles. 1. The Beatles has such a matey relationship with the Caverngoers that they could look up the group's home telephone numbers in the local directory and call a Beatle with requests. 2. "Pinwheel Twist" one of the least known Lennon-McCartney compositions, was used briefly during 1961 as a solo singing spot for Pete Best. 3. John edited the Dovedale Primary school newspaper, the Daily Howl, aged nine. 4. "Love me do" was written in summer 1958 and used in auditions for several record companies before being recorded on September 11 1962 - in 17 takes. 5. Percy Phillips recorded John, Paul and George as the Quarrymen in his front room in 1957. He later erased it. 6. Brian Epstein was expelled from Liverpool college in 1944 aged 10. 7. The Beatles backed a stripper called Shirley in a club in Liverpool in 1960. 8. in Autumn 1960 John, Paul, George, Stu Sutcliffe and Ringo backed Lu Walters of Rory Storm and the Hurricanes on a 78rpm recording in the Akustik Studios, Hamburg, for $20. 9. The Beatles appeared 294 times at the Cavern between December 1960 and August 1963. 10. Paul and John performed as a duo the Nurk Twins at Bending, Berkshire, in 1960. 11, John slept in a coffin when he shared a flat with Stu Sutcliffe in Gambia Terrace, Liverpool, in 1960. 12. The Observer reported on February 9, 1964, that an American company was making 35, 000 Beatle wigs a day. 13. The screams of a woman being murder were ignored at the Hilton hotel in San Fransisco in August, 1964. She was thought to be just another hysterical teenager welcoming the Beatles. 14. "Lady Madonna" was recorded by Paul with session musicians, not the Beatles. 15. After Paul was rude about his drumming, Ringo left the group, while recording the "Double White" album in 1968. Back two weeks later. 16. "Double White" was originally to be called "A Dolls House". 17. "Eleanor Rigby" was originally called Daisy Hawkins. None of the Beatles played instuments in it. 18. A group called the Bumblers made a record parodying the Beatles in 1964. They were Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. 19. Actor Geoffrey Hughes, Eddie Yates in Coronation street, dubbed Pauls voice in the cartoon film "Yellow Submarine". 20. "Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band" was to be called Dr Pepper but they changed it because of an American soft drink of the same name. The album took 700 hours to make. 21.John sang the lead vocals on "Revolution" on his back. 22. The Beatles appeared on television worldwide 84 time. Their first appearance was in 1959: John, Paul and George appeared as Johnny and the Moondogs. 23. In the eight years they released singles in the UK they had a record in the charts for 298 out of the 416 weeks available 24. In the seven years they released singles in the US they had a record in the charts for 297 out of the 364 weeks available - plus an LP continually in the charts. 25. The Quarrymen, the Rainbow, Johnny and the Moondogs, Long John and the Silver Beatles were all names used by the Beatles before the final choice. 26. The Ladders was the proposed name of a group formed after the Beatles split, with John, George, Ringo and old friend from the Hamburg days, Klaus Voorman. 27. The Beatles had at least six drummers - including Pete Best - before settling on Ringo 28. Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin - despite considerable effort and unlimited money - were unable to get tickets for the group's 1964 Hollywood Bowl concert. 29. At their very first meeting with Brian Epstein, Paul said: "I believe and I hope we're going to make it as a group and be big. I ai, to be a star with or without the other three" 30. Fan club secretary Freda Kelly earned $13 a week working for Brian Epstein as a shorthand typist in 1962. 31 A group of celebrities planned to take a full page advertisement in The Times in favour of legalising pot smoking. John, Paul and George signed but at first Ringo's name was missing. The press asked why. Ringo replied: "What advert? Nobody told me." 32. Backstage at East Ham's Granada theatre on November 9, 1963, record producer George Martin broke the news to the Beatles that the single "I want to hold your hand" had advanced orders of over a million copies, the largest in British record history. 33. During the 1965 American tour, the Beatles had to use a rather antique aircraft. George harrison found a dusty coil of rope from a rack. "It's an escape ladder." explained the stewardess. "How long is it?" Asked George and was told it was about 12 feet. "I take it we shall fly to California tonight at a steady 13 feet then." he said. 34. When running Apple the Beatles terrified staff. Former Press officer Derek Taylor said: "They fired more people than any comparable employer unit in the world." 35. John Lennon always desperately wanted to be thin. But Yoko says he never achieved it: "Even when he was a Beatle, there was a little pot belly under the Beatle jacket. 36. After they began to live together John told Yoko: "Do you know why i like you? Because you look like a blog in drag. You're like a mate." 37. On the first night Ringo replaced local hero Pete Best in the Cavern, there was uproar among the fans. The music was drowned out by cries of "We want Pete." 38. Brian Epstein on becoming the Beatles' manager, reassured John's Aunt Mimi: "I promise you, John will never suffer, He's the only important one." 39. Epstein's original written contract with the Beatles had no legal validity. Paul and George were still under 21 and their signatures should of had parental endorsement. 40. The Beatles were notably unreliable and unpunctual in thier Liverpool days. If one of them didn't turn up, Gerry Marsden (of Gerry and the Pacemakers) stood in. 41. Epstein told them to change their cigarette brand to Senior Service. Woodbine, he said, was too working-class. 42. When the Beatles got their first record with Parlorphone, it was for only 1 penny a record. 43. Ringo suffered appalling health as a child. At six he lay in a coma for weeks after an emergency operation for a burst appendix. At 13 he had pleurisy and remained in a sanatorium for two years. 44. John's first marriage to Cynthia - who was pregnant with Julian - was farcical. The register office service was drowned by road drills outside. The reception was in a restaurant which had no licence, so toasts were drunk in water. 45. Early in 1963, when "Please please me" was number one, the Beatles were evicted from a Young Conservative dance for wearing leather jackets. 46. The Beatles' first album was completed in one 13 hour session on February 11, 1963. There were 14 songs. 47. In May, 1963 with john's son only four weeks old, he and Epstein shared a one week holiday alone in Spain. 48. When the Beatles landed in America on February7, 1964 - with "I want to hold your hand" at number one - the first welcoming words they heard came from a policeman: "Boy," he said "can they use a haircut!" 49. The New York Herald-Tribune's verdict on the group after 60 percent of Americans had seen them on the Ed Sullivan Show was: "75 percent publicity, 20 percent haircut and 5 percent lilting lament." 50.Pul McCartney's original words to "Yesterday" were: Scrambled eggs - Oh, my girlfriend has got lovely legs." 51. "I want to hold your hand," still the Beatles top selling single with world wide sales of 13 million, was composed in the London home of Jane Asher, then Pauls girlfriend. 52. Paul says of "Love me do," the Beatles' first single, released on October 5, 1962: "I was terrified out of my wits and quaking...i can still hear it on the vocals." 53. While recording their 12 albums in Abbey Road Studios, London, the four would relax by disappearing into the basement. 54. Ringo Starrs' father Richard is still a window cleaner in Crewe. 55. The group loved comedy sketches. They appeared with Mike and Bernie Winters in the TV show "Blackpool night out" in 1964. John also appeared in BBC2's series "Not only...But also." 56. When John first met Yoko, he broke all unspoken rules by bringing her to the recording studio. 57. Two of the Beatles, Ringo and John, were born during German bombing raids. 58. The creator of the Beatles' haircut, German art student Astrid Kirchherr, was the girlfriend of Stu Sutcliffe, the fifth Beatle, who died of a brain hemorrhage at 21. 59. A single posy is laid on the grave of Brian Epstein on his birthday (September 19) each year. It comes from his former friend Joe Flannery. 60. Ray McFall, owner of the Cavern, at first refused to let the Beatles play there because they wore jeans. 61. There are only eight unknown faces among the 68 photographs on the "Sergeant Pepper" album. 62. "Norwegian wood" was written by John about an affair he had, to describe his feelings without letting his wife Cynthia know. 63. "I feel fine" released on November 27, 1964, sold 800,000 copies in five days - still the fastest growing single in Britain. 64. Dick Rowe, the Decca recording manager who turned down the Beatles (later signed to EMI's Parlorphone label), saved his reputation by signing the Rolling Stones - Thanks to a tip off from George Harrison. 65. After "Love me do" was released 20 years ago, the Beatles could still only make second on the bill to Scottish singers Robin Hall and Jimmy McGregor at the Corn Exchange, Bradford. 66. Linda McCartney's family name was really Epstein. Her family had changed it to Eastman. Not related to Brian. 67. Paul's mother Mary was a district nurse known as "The Angel" in Liverpool. She died in 1956. 68. The Beatles' last concert together was at Candlewick Park, San Francisco, on August 29, 1966. 69. The official date for the outbreak of Beatlemania was November 4, 1963 when the Beatles appeared in the Royal Variety Performance. 70. The Beatles never sent each other birthday cards. "None of us is sentimental," said George. 71. As teenagers, Paul and George had crushes on Iris Caldwell - dancer sister of Liverpool pop group leader Rory Storm. She was the subject of "Love Me Do." 72. The Beatles only had two "roadies," Neil Aspinall and Mal Evans. 73. Lennon and McCartney's "World without love" - recorded by Peter and Gordon - was registered under false names. The record had all ready reached the hit parade before its authorship was known. 74. Shortly before "Love me do" became a hit Paul took a labouring job in a Liverpool timber yard. He was quickly promoted to executive status. 75. George is the first Beatle to write his autobiography, called "I Me Mine," an autographed copy sells at $368. 76. In 1964, when the Beatles were booked for Sweden, Ringo Starr became ill with tonsillitis and a substitute drummer, Jimmy Nicol, took his place for a few nights. Nicol later based his career in Sweden. 77. While the Duke of Edinburgh was touring Canada in 1964 he was reported as saying "The Beatles are on the wane at the moment." He quickly cabled Brian Epstein explaining that his actual words were: "The Beatles are away at the moment." 78. When John was studying at Liverpool Art College, and Paul and George were achoolboys at Liverpool Institute, in 1958, they would meet to rehearse at the college in the artists' models cubicles. 79. Ringo was an apprentice engineer when he left his job for a season at Butlin's, Skegness with Rory Storm, He quit to join the Beatles. 80. German band leader Bert Kaempfert was the person to give the Beatles a recording contract. They backed singer Tony Sheridan. 81. When Brian Epstein first met the Beatles, their appearance shocked him. The first appointment he made for them was to get their hairs cut...at his own barber's. 82. The first Beatle composition ever recorded - under their German contract - was a George Harrison instrumental "Cry for a shadow." 83. Larry Parnes, Britains first rock impresario, engaged the Beatles when the were still the Silver Beatles to back one of his discoveries Johnny Gentle. They were not asked back. 84. The Beatles played background music for a Hamburg stripper called Janice. 85. The Beatles only ever entered one talent contest. They were beaten by a lady playing the spoons. 86. John and Paul first teamed up together as songwriters in their school days, in 1955, after being introduced by mutual friend, Ivan Vaughan, at a church garden party. By the time "Love me do" was recorded they had written 70 songs. 87. When the Beatles went to India in 1967 to study under the Maharishi, the first to return was Ringo. "It was great. Just like Butlin's." 88 In their early days of fame the Beatles always traveled to engagements in an Austin Princess car driven by one Bill Corbett. They called him "the big Cockney." He came from Southampton. 89. The first non-Beatle to have a hit with a Lennon-McCartney song was Billy J. Kramer with "Do you want to know a secret" in 1963. 90. By March, 1966, the Beatles' official shared fee per concert was $2000, plus a percentage of takings which could more than treble that figure. 91. George's first fife Patti introduced the Beatles to the Maharishi. 92. In July 1964 John bought his first house, at Weybridge, Surrey, for $40,000. 93. At one time all four Beatles were vegetarians; they also went through a tea-drinking and a scotch-and-Coke phase. 94. The official Beatles fan magazine was called Beatles monthly. The last regular issue appeared in December 1969, priced 2s 6d. Now revived, the current issue costs 80p (about $1.60). 95. The first Beatle to tire of touring was George. 96. John was educated at Liverpool's Quarry Bank High School, noted for producing politicians. Old boys include Bill Rodgers and Peter Shore. 97. Before setting the Beatles on the path to success, recording manager George Martin had produced the Peter Sellers - Sophia Loren duet "Goodness gracious me" and hits for Matt Monro, Bernard Cribbens and Peter Ustinov. 98. Ringo is the only one who married one of the Beatles early fans. He met his first wife Maureen, by whom he had three children, at the Cavern, when she was a 16 year old hairdresser. 99. Ron Kass, now husband and manager of Joan Collins, was first business head of Apple. 100. When Paul received his first 1 million pound ($2,000,000) bank statement, he proudly showed it to a $60 a week Beatles employee. 101. The first song Paul wrote was "My little girl," in 1955. Also on the other pages you can buy a Datsun (now Nissan) Pulsar for $6,790au or a 280ZX for $20,825au, or a gas BBQ from $27.50au. or a great invention, the National Satellite stereo am/fm radio cassette player, and the cassette player comes out, for truly portable sound for around $319au. maybe i should take some pics 🙂Wildflower season again
Posted on September 27, 2009 - Filed Under Environmentalism, News
Hi Boz 🙂 It's that time of year again, Spring (well it would be if it warmed up and stopped raining). In spite of the unusually cool and wet (although we still haven't got our monthly rain average apparently) weather the flowers are blooming, although the orchids seem few and far between this year. So I did my annual trip to Kings Park to check out what is in bloom, firstly 2 weeks before the "official" wildflower show weekend then again on the long weekend. So far I have only got the photos up from the first trip (I know I can be slow). If you want to have a look they are in the Flowers/Kings Park section of my site. now can i add an image hmmm lets try
everlasting daisy
Pink Fairy Orchid
Launch Camera to the Edge of Space
Posted on September 23, 2009 - Filed Under General, Humor, Technology
Hi Oz! I thought you'd like this story. This young man apparently keeps coming up with new ideas, (like rafting down the Charles River on a raft made of bottles). However, this particular idea I thought might interest you. He launched a camera into near-space using a weather balloon, a cell phone, hand warmers and a drink cooler. Pretty whacky idea, huh?All of the parts they used are commonly available. Yeh and Lee bought a Canon camera on eBay and then fastened it inside a Styrofoam cooler. A hole poked in the side of the container let the camera lens gaze out into space, and they attached a Motorola Boost cell phone to the camera so it would send GPS coordinates back to Earth. A wireless router was hooked up to the mobile phone to give it the extra antenna power needed to send the coordinates down. And the students taped a hand warmer -- the kind skiers put in their gloves -- to the mobile phone's battery so it wouldn't freeze. The plan seemed simple enough -- at least to the MIT students. They would fill a spherical weather balloon, available online, with helium and float the entire cooler-camera-cell-phone apparatus high into the atmosphere. When the balloon had traveled about 17 miles up, air pressure would cause it to pop, and a parachute dangling from the side of the cooler would lower the contraption back to Earth. Then the GPS in the phone would tell them where to find their camera, which they set, using open-source software, to take photos every 5 seconds. Yeh and Lee knew that wind would change their contraption's course after launch, so they went on a free Web site to try to calculate roughly where the balloon would go. After some consideration, they decided to launch the balloon from a field near a warehouse in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. That was far enough from the coast, they hoped, to avoid sending the balloon and the camera into metro Boston or the Atlantic Ocean. But, not quite sure of the calculations, they pasted this note on the side of the cooler just in case: "If found, please call [their phone number]. ... Material contents are 100% safe/non-toxic/non-flammable and are part of a student science project. $40 reward." They rented a Zipcar, loaded up the cooler and left their apartments that night. After adding one person to the team -- a new student Lee had met at MIT orientation -- they drove 60 miles inland and slept on the ground at a parking lot, the car and their big idea waiting beside them.More on the details of their launch » HERE
Massive Ant Colony
Posted on September 19, 2009 - Filed Under General
Hi Oz! Have a look at this massive Ant Colony! Ants live in underground kingdoms. We see the relatively small exits on the surface. But you won’t believe the structures they build below. It might be worth noting that this particular colony had been abandoned.Out of Organic Tuscan Kale!
Posted on September 18, 2009 - Filed Under Environmentalism, News
Hey Oz! From the Washington Post:You're preparing dinner and you realize with dismay that you don't have any certified organic Tuscan kale. What to do?Here's how Michelle Obama handled this very predicament Thursday afternoon: The Secret Service and the D.C. police brought in three dozen vehicles and shut down H Street, Vermont Avenue, two lanes of I Street and an entrance to the McPherson Square Metro station. They swept the area, in front of the Department of Veterans Affairs, with bomb-sniffing dogs and installed magnetometers in the middle of the street, put up barricades to keep pedestrians out, and took positions with binoculars atop trucks. Though the produce stand was only a block or so from the White House, the first lady hopped into her armored limousine and pulled into the market amid the wail of sirens.My question is, what's the carbon footprint on something like that? Back to the Post, the answer is:
Considering all the logistics, each tomato she purchased had a carbon footprint of several tons.No matter how they measure it, it's a sad way to go a block to go shopping.
Targa West 2009
Posted on August 24, 2009 - Filed Under News
g'day Boz whilst you were soaking up the sun on the coast, Jamie talked me into going to the Targa west car rally about an hour north of Perth. I had never been before and didnt know what to expect, something like a lot of fast road cars whizzing past and going sideways around corners maybe. When we got to Muchea we were not even sure if we were in the right place, a small crowed were gather in a playing field with a line of cars on the road on the other side. We figured out it was the start line, wandered over and had a look. a 50 metre straight, a right angle bend and then the cars disappeared, we only stayed a short while. Next stop was another right angled bend, but with limited view especially with all the umbrellas up. but we stuck it out for a while and i got a couple of shots. Bindoon was next, actually it was well before Bindoon, but the map wasnt really to scale so it took a bit of finding. A better spot looking up a hill with some witches hat chicane going into a right angled bend, not a bad view, except for the fence, trees, plastic ribbon and the 2 officials that stood in the way, i managed to get a few photos though :). The last place we went we were early, so got right to the front, but it was still a long way from the track for safety reasons. A nice view coming down the hill, to a right angle bend that unfortunately had safety ribbon at just the wrong height, and the pro photographers gear in a yellow pastic bag at just the wrong place, but i took photos anyway lol and on top of all that it rained all day, a good job my Pentax K10D and the lens are both weather proof 🙂 the photos are on my site:- a sea of umbrellas:- the rain:- it was still kinda of fun and free at least 🙂Matchbox Cars
Posted on August 14, 2009 - Filed Under General, Personal
Hey Oz In honor of our walk down memory lane of Matchbox cars we both had at one time, I thought I'd share this book! BozIt’s Twins Again!
Posted on August 7, 2009 - Filed Under News
Hey Oz! It's hard to believe, but in a village in India, there are 230 sets of twins and 5 more is on the way.Walk around Kodinji village in New Kerala, India, and you'll think that you have double vision: It is home to 230 sets of twins. And that number is set to rise as there are five women pregnant with twins.Link to the story HERE
Avon descent 2009
Posted on July 31, 2009 - Filed Under News
this weekend is the Avon descent, a 134 kilometre white water race for power craft and paddlers. There is a record amount of entries this year. But i wont be going, instead i went last weekend and took photos of some of the paddlers tackling Bells rapids. I tested out my new Pentax 300mm da* f4 lens. I got a couple of photos, what do you reckon??
the rest are on my site in the Avon descent 2009 photos
Posted on July 22, 2009 - Filed Under Environmentalism, Humor
Hi Oz! I heard that at least in one Australian town, bottled water will be banned, (for environmental reasons) and perhaps this attitude will spread around the world. Perhaps this is why Evian created such a flashy commercial for their water? Enjoy! I sure did! ~BozJaywalking
Posted on June 17, 2009 - Filed Under Humor
Hey Oz! Not sure what they are teaching in schools these days, but the questions are of elementary (primary) education, and just way too many didn't know the answers to the most simplest of questions.World’s Easiest Cities to Live In.
Posted on June 9, 2009 - Filed Under News
Hi Oz! I thought you'd be interested in the cities named for the easiest to live in! 1. Vancouver 2. Vienna 3. Melbourne 4. Toronto 5. Perth 6. Calgary 7. Helsinki 8. Geneva 9. Sydney and Zurich (Tied) Boz 🙂World’s Smallest Car
Posted on May 16, 2009 - Filed Under General, Technology
Hey Oz, Have you seen the world's smallest car? They say it's so small, it can fit in a mini! The 47-year-old spent seven months assembling the car after finding just the right candidate - a Postman Pat kiddie ride. He scored it on eBay.“It was in non-operative order, but for what I had in mind, this was of no consequence as I only wanted the bare fibreglass body from the ride,” he told The Sun newspaper. “This meant the unceremonious removal of Pat and his black-and-white cat Jess, the money box and sundry other bits and bobs.”
That done, he built a steel frame and mounted a 150 cc engine pulled from an ATV. Then he added lights, mirrors, wipers and, of course, a wind-up key. The flames are a nice touch.
The car is road legal, but even Watkins has his limits. His daily driver is a Jaguar.What if the Beatles Were Irish
Posted on May 13, 2009 - Filed Under News
Economy and the Bronx Zoo
Posted on April 25, 2009 - Filed Under News
Hi Oz Seems the economy is having and effect on the Bronx Zoo. They will have to let some animals go...$15 million in budget cuts means the Bronx Zoo's Formosan deer, Arabian onyx, bats, porcupines and all the animals in the famed "World of Darkness" exhibit are going away.Sad for the people in that area. More HERE
Ken Lee
Posted on April 3, 2009 - Filed Under Humor
Hi Oz! Did you ever sing out in a song, with the words you THOUGHT they were only to find out the words were completely different? This lady from Bulgarian Idol did, in front of many.Sand Art
Posted on March 31, 2009 - Filed Under General
Now for something totally different. 🙂Perth Observation Wheel
Posted on January 2, 2009 - Filed Under News
g'day Boz here is something you may like to have a ride on when you visit. following in the footsteps of other cities that have built observation wheels, such as London (135metres), Singapore (165m), Melbourne (120m), we have decided to have our own "supersized giant Ferris wheel" on our Swan river foreshore. now, before you start thinking "wow, that would be neat, I could really get a good view around Perth from up there", be warned that it is a GIANT 50 metres high (it was supposed to be 60m when first announced, i don't know where the other 10 metres went). Considering the city is to the North with buildings such as Central Park (249m), BankWest tower (214m), the new BHP square (still being built, 270m) and a lot of other over 100 metres tall, you wont see much that way. Kings Park is to the west and is 70 metres, so you will see as far as Kings Park, so you can see south and east (as far as the Darling ranges at 260 metres approx). Supposedly you can see Fremantle, if Kings Park isn't in the way. The wheel at least is a private concern rather than funded with public money (so far it seems) and is renting the land for a $1.00 a year, i dont know if the city gets a cut of the admission ($18 per adult (for 4 rotations i think) it cost $20 to go to the zoo for the day) so maybe there is some finacial benefit too. The question now is how many people will go in it (the cabins are completely enclosed 🙁 not brilliant for photos). The population of Perth is not that big and do tourist come here to ride a "giant wheel" to see South Perth or go to Kings Park for the same view (you can see Freo from Kings Park too) for free? plus get the added benefit of the wildflowers, birds, memorials etc, or the lookout in John Forrest National Park. we will see i guess, it will be here for 2 years supposedly . anyway, i took some photos of it heres a couple from Kings Park
from South Perth
the rest are in my Gumnuts world photos, if you cant find them try a search on Perth eye or Perth Observation wheel
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