Alex, Mathias, and Luna taking photos of wetlands with the Perth city skyline in the background

A photo of a jetty leading to wetlands with the Perth city skyline in the background

‪Week 41: Poolside Views

Luna, Alex, and Mathias went for a walk by the river in South Perth and found Miller’s Pool (Goorgygoogup). Plenty of birds resting on the trees in the pool, including a particularly protective magpie.

Luna, Mathias, and Alex (all Lego) taking a photo of an old windmill

An old white windmill with trees surrounding it

‪Week 40: Milling Around

Luna, Alex, and Mathias explored the South Perth foreshore and found the old mill (Buryalup). They realised this was the same windmill they’d seen from the freeway.

Mathias (Lego) taking a photo of a wooden giant statue carrying a trumpet

A photo of one of Thomas Dambo’s wooden giants.

Week 39: Gentle Giant

Mathias heard rumours of giants lurking in Mandurah.

He found Seba looking out over the water. Very large but surprisingly friendly and not at all intimidating.

Luna and Mathias (both Lego) standing on a large rocky sealed road with tall trees in the background and the sun rising through the trees.

A photo of a long road with tall trees on the shoulders of the road. The sun is shining through the trees casting long shadows.

‪Week 38: Among the Trees

Luna and Mathias woke up bright and early and took a drive towards the hills to enjoy the sunshine.

They found that someone had strangely planted trees right by the roadside.

Mathias (Lego) standing on a log taking photos of white wildflowers

A photo of a log and some white wildflowers growing over top with blue skies in the background.

‪Week 37: Spring has Sprung

Mathis made the most the most of the sunny morning by going for a bush walk at Bungendore Park.

He managed to find some wildflowers blooming, the first hint that spring is here.

Mathias (Lego) taking a photo of an emu in a grassy paddock

A photo of an emu in a grass paddock with pine trees in the background.

Week 36: Bush Chook

Mathias went camping in Chittering and discovered some large flightless birds.

He later learned these are called Emus (pronounced “Bush Chook”) and realised he recognised them from the 50 cent coin.

Mathias, Alex, and Luna (all Lego) standing on top of a fence post taking a photo of a yellow field full of canola flowers

A photo of a tree growing in the middle of a yellow field full of canola flowers

Week 35: Golden Fields

Alex, Luna, and Mathias headed out towards York and found themselves surrounded by fields of Canola. They saw plenty of sweeping yellow fields amongst green paddocks and clear blue skies.

Mathias (Lego) standing on the edge of a boulder taking a photo of rolling hills

A photo from on top of a boulder overlooking a valley and hills in the distance

‪Week 34: Reaching New Heights

Mathias headed out to Roley Pool Reserve in Roleystone today for a bush walk. He scaled what felt like 100 boulders to reach the top of the world.

Mathias (Lego) standing on a wooden deck overlooking the ocean. He has a long shadow being cast.

A photo showing Leighton beach from an elevated position, which shows sand dune vegetation (green), beach sand with swimmers and dogs, the ocean and at the horizon Rottnest Island is visible.

Week 33: Boardwalking on sunshine

The sunny weekend had Mathias excited for the beach. He headed to Leighton beach to enjoy the warm sunshine and was excited to get a glimpse of Rottnest Island. Surprisingly people were swimming 🥶

Mathias (Lego) taking a photo at the bottom of a waterfall

A photo from the top of a waterfall looking down, giving a sense of vertigo There’s forest in the background.

Week 32: Rainfall Makes Waterfall

After a few weeks with constant relentless rain, Mathias got out and explored Macora Falls.

He tells me the view from the top was beautiful, it was far too slippery for me to get up there with him without dropping my phone or knocking Mathias over.

Alex, Luna, and Mathias (all Lego) standing on top of a grassy hill overlooking Cottesloe beach. Everything (including the beach) is made out of Lego.

A photo of a Lego mosaic rendition of Cottesloe beach.

Week 31: Constructing Cottesloe

Alex, Luna, and Mathias visited Cottesloe beach and surprisingly found it wasn’t as stormy as elsewhere. It felt strangely familiar to them, like it was part of their world.

Mathias (Lego) taking a photo of a tree covered in neon lights.

A photo of a fall tree covered in neon rope lights. The bottom of the photo shows the heads of the crowd looking at the tree.

Week 30: Neon Night Light

Mathias rugged up and visited Kings Park after dark for the Lightscape exhibit, along with half of Perth. He loved the glow of the neon tree, which beckoned him like a moth to a flame during the whole exhibit.

Mathias (Lego) standing on a moss-covered rock taking a photo of the sun rising over the swan river

A photo of the sun rising over the swan river, with the Perth city skyline in the background. The photo is taken from the beach at Heathcote Point, with the foreground being beach and rocks.

Week 29: First Light - Goolugatup

After being bed-ridden with influenza for a week, Mathias braved the literal freezing temperatures and headed to Goolugatup (Heathcote Point) to capture daybreak over the city.

Mathias (Lego) standing under a tree taking a photo of the Mundaring Weir and dam in the distance

A photo of the concrete gravity dam at Mundaring Weir

Week 28: Oh Dam

‪Mathias crossed the dam at Mundaring Weir today.

‪He learned all about the “Scheme of Madness”, heard about CY O’Connor’s untimely death just 10 months before the pipeline successfully launched and found himself saying “Oh Dam!”

Mathias (Lego) taking a photo down a waterfall stream looking

A photo from the top of a waterfall looking out over the bushland with the city skyline off in the faint distance.

Week 27: Top of the Falls‬

‪Alex, Luna, and Mathias went for a bush walk at Ellis Brook, then climbed to the top of Sixty Foot Falls. ‬

‪The falls were slippery so Alex and Luna hung back. Mathias fell in, drifted downstream and had to be rescued 😬‬

Mathias (Lego) taking a photo of a fountain in Elizabeth Quay overlooking the skyline

A photograph of a water playground with Elizabeth Quay’s skyline in the background

Week 26: Upside Down Waterfalls

Mathias stumbled across a beautiful waterfall in Elizabeth Quay, but the water was falling from the ground up to the sky.

Mathias (Lego) taking a photo of a rainbow coloured street crossing

A rainbow coloured street crossing with Mario and Yoshi racing on go karts

Week 25: Rainbow Road 🏳️‍🌈

Mathias found another rainbow, this time in Northbridge.

Sadly he still hasn’t found a pot of gold, but he did manage to catch a go kart race.

Alex, Mathias, and Luna (all Lego) standing on a rock taking a photo of a grassy park with a rainbow made of sea containers in the distance.

A photo of a grassy park with a rainbow made of sea containers framing several shipping cranes behind it. The cranes kinda look Iike giraffes.

Week 24: Containing Rainbows

Alex, Luna, and Mathias found another rainbow, this time in Freo.

Sadly they still haven’t found a pot of gold, but they did find more of those strange looking giraffes.

Luna, Mathias, and Alex (all Lego) taking a photo at night of the Matagarup Bridge lit up with rainbow colours.

Matagarup Bridge lit up with rainbow colours at night.

Week 23: Reflecting Rainbows

Alex, Luna, and Mathias found another rainbow, this time on Matagarup Bridge.

Again, no pot of gold at the end, but they did find jellyfish.

It’s a stunning place. This bridge actually goes from the children’s hospital across the road into Kings Park. It’s got speakers which play a bunch of different soundscapes too. Really cool.

Alex, Mathias, and Luna (all Lego) standing on a rainbow coloured bridge, with the glossy paint reflecting their bodies. They’re standing on the purple segment.

A photo of a bridge with all the colours of the rainbow each in a different segment. The bridge curls around and frames Kings Park in the distance.

Week 22: Chasing Rainbows

Alex, Luna, and Mathias found a rainbow on Koolangka Bridge.
They didn’t find a pot of gold at the end, but they did find King’s Park.

Mathias (Lego) standing in front of rocks that form a canal with the ocean

A photo of a bunch of rocks that form a canal with the ocean

Week 21: Canal Rocks

Mathias snuck down to Margaret River on the weekend.

On the way home he checked out Canal Rocks and loved the way the waves crashed on the rocks and flooded through the canals.

Mathias (Lego) standing in a room filled with colourful lasers, taking a photo. Much lens flare and lasers.

A photo of a bunch of blue and green lasers with a pretty green prism. There’s nothing else in the photo. So many laser beams.

Week 20: ✨ Pew Pew Pew ✨

Mathias caught an interactive art exhibit in the old pickle factory this weekend.

One of the exhibits was a room filled with dance music and lasers.

It was all pew pew pew pew pew pew. Much culture.

Luna, Mathias, and Alex (all Lego) taking a photo from some rocks overlooking Ningaloo Reef

A photo of some rocks in the foreground with the Ningaloo reef and shore framed by rocks at the top left of the photo.

Week 19: Sasha Bell’s Spot

Alex, Luna, and Mathias went to the beach at Sasha Bell’s Spot and did some snorkelling over Ningaloo Reef.

They saw plenty of pretty fish they don’t know the names of.

Mathias (Lego) sitting on a cliff top, taking a photo of the Ningaloo Coast

The Ningaloo Coast, looking out over lagoon campsite.

Week 18: Ningaloo Coast

Mathias took a quick drive up to the Ningaloo Coast to check out a different region of WA.

Luna and Alex are excited to explore the reef with Mathias, but the wind on top of the cliff was a bit much for them.

Mathias (Lego) taking a photo of mechanical cranes (sculptures of cranes) which kinda look like giraffes. Most are red or white but one has been painted to look like a giraffe.

A photo of mechanical cranes (sculptures of cranes) which kinda look like giraffes. Most are red or white but one has been painted to look like a giraffe. The cranes are on the beach.

Week 17: Giraffes of Freo

Mathias went on a safari in Fremantle and found a herd of strange mechanical giraffes on the beach.

Alex, Luna, and Mathias (all Lego) taking a photo of a sandy path at sunset

A photo of the sunset across a bushland horizon with a sand path trailing towards the horizon

Week 16: Sunset Trails

Alex, Luna, and Mathias went for a bush walk around the salt lake in Port Kennedy. The sunset put on a stunning show just for them.

Luna, Alex, and Mathias (all Lego) taking a photo down a street covered in tree canopy.

A photo taken down a hill with tree canopy covering most of the photo. The city skyline is visible behind the tree canopy.

Week 15: City Canopy

Alex, Luna, and Mathias went for a stroll out of the city.

As they caught their breath at the top of the surprisingly steep street they saw the lush tree canopy meet the city skyline.

Alex, Luna, and Mathias (all Lego) standing on a rock taking a photo of a bush trail with a dark tunnel going through the rock.

A photo of a dark old railway tunnel through a rock with trees and sky on top of it.

Week 14: Tunnel Vision

Alex, Luna, and Mathias went for a bush walk and found the old Swan View railway tunnel.

Mathias (Lego) standing on a pebble taking a photo of a water stream with lush green plants through it.

A photo of a small water stream with pebbles and lush green plants throughout.

Week 13: It’s a Small World

Mathias found a lush rainforest and was happily surprised to find somewhere that was Mathias-sized.