Dec 11

Long walk today - 23.85km. Hot sun alternating with cold wind. Walked out to East Perth to a small private art museum and then along the Swan river all the way around to kings Park in West Perth. Then back up through town to North Perth and on to Northbridge.
Mostly high-end urban renewal neighbourhoods along the river, although there is parkland between the waterfront highway and water for a good distance.

Dec 10

Rainy today, spent the day dodging in and out of dry sanctuary. Walked 13.06km despite the weather though. It was sort of pleasant to be out of the sun for a day. I went back to the Western Australian Art Gallery and discovered a wing that i hadn't seen before. Spent more time with the Indigenous Art Award show - remarkable work. Also spent some more time at the Perth Institute for Contemporary Art.
Perth is a city marked by barriers to walking. Highways, bridges, train tracks, rivers. It would be easy to spend the entire time in one small part of the city. Today I'm planning to go to the rivers edge and see where it leads.

Dec 9

13.33 km walked while negotiating a city divided in two by rail and highway systems. North and South communities very different.

Dec 8

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Although I had planned a quiet day after my 37 km yesterday, I still managed to walk 11.5km. I'm in Northbridge, a great multi-ethnic neighbourhood in Perth.

Dec 7

Walked around Rottnest island today, all around the perimeter for a total of about 35km. Lots of sun, breeze and Quokkas (a small marsupial of the wallaby family). There are no cars on the island which made for a very pleasant walking experience. There are busses, but the drivers are respectful of cyclists and walkers, although I only met one other walker - most people were on cycles.

Dec 6

Starting from the port area walked out toward the suburbs, 16.56km total. The burbs seem to be an international plague. The bright spot was a cemetery with an award winning architect designed mausoleum - quite a remarkable space. As for the rest - aside from interesting residential architecture the burbs seemed like burbs.

Back at the backpackers, Jimmy Hendrix is playing loudly and there is much shrieking by young women and incomprehensible yelling by young men.

Dec 2 - 5

Not doing as much walking as anticipated. The conference interfered with my walking schedule.
Dec. 2 -6.59km, 3 - 5.85km, 4 - 4.28km, 5 - 16.48km.
Fremantle has a concentrated core around the waterfront and docks with a large and sprawling suburb. Walking tends to be most attractive along the waterfront and there is much of it, but as is usual with industrial port cities a lot of the waterfront is inaccessible.

However, as a consolation I have been discovering the pleasures of Fremantle's many different craft beers and Margaret River Wine.

Nov 27 - Dec 1

Walking in Fremantle, Western Australia. dive-bombed by a pair of Willy Wagtails defending their nest (with three chicks) Hot with cool breeze off the Indian Ocean.
Nov 27-29 - 5.70km (travel from Peterborough to Perth), 30-12.89km, Dec 1 - 16.48km.

Nov 14 - 27

Nov 14 - 27 delayed, check back

October 23 - Nov 13

Kingston

Toronto

Peterborough

Vancouver

Markham

Vancouver, Kingston, Toronto, Markham, Peterborough.

Oct 23 - 7.87 km., 24 - 13.21km, 25 - 9.16km, 26 - 4.01km, 27 - 7.50km, 28 - 9.88km, 29 - 7.51km, 30 - 2.80km, 31 - 4.68km, Nov 1 - 8.45km, 2 - 3.18km, 3 - 3,59km, 4 - 10.92km, 5 - 3.21km, 6 - 5.35km, 7 - 8.74km, 8 - 8.16km, 9 - 3.25km, 10 - 3.01km, 11 - 7.98km, 12 - 5.69km, 13 - 5.31km.
Total = 142.46km

Sept 30 - Oct 22

Sept 29 - 3.09 km, 30 - 5.70 km, Oct 1 - 6.24 km, 2 - 7.16, 3 - 6.03, - 4 - 7.81, 5 - 3.17, 6 - 3.35, 7 - 7.86, 8 - 6.95, 9 - 3.47, 10 - 2.82, 11 - 11.25, 12 - 6.40, 13 - 3.7, 14 - 7.52, 15 - 12.55, 16 - 10.47, 17 - 19.53, 18 - 5.62, 19 - 4.48, 20 - 4.30, 21 - 3.52, 22 - 7.71.
Peterborough, Georgian Bay, Clarington, Ottawa.
Total = 160.70 km

Erratic Space Victoria Park

I've been walking in Regina for a project at the Dunlop Art Gallery: Erratic Space - Victoria Park O8.
All posts from July 20 to Sept. 14 will be on - http://erraticspacevictoriapark.blogspot.com
This is my workspace at the Dunlop. This post's title is a link.

Folks, Berks, and Bighorn Ultra

Sheridan, Wyoming


Bighorn Mountains


Livingston. Montana


Minneapolis, Minnesota


Leaving for Calgary



Lethbridge

Update

Walked 594.73 km since Feb. 11 - in at least nine different cities.

Art and Walking


Lethbridge walk

Calgary

Grass fire

Maman

Peterborough

Recent Travels

WinnipegMissoula
HelenaVancouver
Ottawa - Maman

Coulee

Feb 11 - Walked 118.24 km since last post, its been a long time though, almost a month. Been to Calgary every weekend except for a trip to Winnipeg and one weekend home. Walked around the coulee edge thinking about a potential camera obscura. Had a pedometer breakdown & had to estimate distance for a few days. Walking mostly indoors so can't GPS.

Calgary

In Calgary visiting Father at the foothills hospital. Walked at least 64.86km (and probably more) from Jan 1 to 13.

Dagmar's Shoes

Dagmar's shoes are walking in Paris.
Jan 1. 2008. 117.36 km walked since last tabulation. Not much considering the amount of time that has passed. Winter time - inconvenient walking combined with employment demands.

Helena

Browning

ULeth

University of Lethbridge on a good day.

Cockatoo Island

November 28 - temperature well below zero and snow on the ground. Walked 100.73 km since last post (minus the unrecorded weekend in NYC, which was at least 40km) It's time to think about a walk last April on Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour. In colonial times it has been a convict prison, a major shipbuilding dock, a naval dock and is now a park.
Walked 6.8 km on the Island, from a 19th century prison to a 20th century shipyard.

New York

Nov 14/17. Two days and an evening in the city plus a morning on the E-train - in New York. The best walking city. No record of how many km walked but it was substantial.

Breslau

November 4th., 17 kilometres to walk from the Waterloo hotel in downtown Waterloo to the Region of Waterloo International Airport, via the Kitchener/Waterloo art Gallery. Through Breslau as well, a little shortcut.

Waterloo

November 4th in the cafe at the Waterloo Hotel. Bacon, eggs, potatoes, toast and coffee. I've walked 94.18 km since last post. It's been a while since I last posted though. Walking in Waterloo from the Waterloo hotel to the University of Waterloo. Great walk along Erb road past the Clay and Glass Museum and the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, then along the train tracks, through the park and then cutting through the strip malls to the Art building on the U Waterloo Campus. Weather has been great, cool enough for comfortable strolling. I'm going to walk into Kitchener to the Kitchener/Waterloo Art Gallery and then on to the Airport for my flight late this afternoon. Should be about 16 km.