Perth's answer to the StairClimber

After a week of customer meetings, my colleagues are off to the airport and I'm left here on my own to start my real assignment working mining technology development plans. On my way home, I decided to walk around the back of my apartment village for a quick explore. I ended up on Cliff Street at the end of King's Park. King's Park is perched up on a hill overlooking the Swan River and central business district.

I had seen on a map a symbol for a stairway called "Jacob's Ladder" that connected my street (at river level) to King's Park. I found it at the end of Cliff Street and I started down. Turns out, this is one of the local gyms for Perth- close enough to the business district for a jogger to warm up on the way over and then run laps up and down the stairs. Everyone from incredibly fit people doing two steps at a time to those counting on the handrail to help pull them up to the top. Somewhere around 300 steps one-way is a pretty good workout.

Further down the road, there is the Kokoda trail that is equally steep and makes a nice loop to link the Jacob's ladder through the botanical gardens of Perth in King's Park. Besides running trails and stairs, there are also lots of opportunity for mountain bike trail riding in the area as well. I'll be looking at a few local bike shops for used items that I might be able to sell back when I'm ready to get back to NY. This kind of workout sounds a lot better than hitting the gym and I hope I can make it habit and routine.

Cheers!