Random parade while lying on the verandah not doing homework...

The title of this pretty much sums up what happened earlier this week but I figured I'd write about it a little bit and put some pictures up because it was something that was out of the ordinary in Freo! And I know it was out of the ordinary because I know what ordinarily happens here; I'm practically a local.

Anyway, I was lying on a giant bean bag on our verandah getting some sun with some friends and we heard the cannon go off from the roundhouse down the street. This is averagely normal, it doesn't happen often but it does happen. But it went off probably like 5 times in less than an hour. Then we heard the sounds of the parade. It was a very somber parade made up mostly of clergy and (I'm assuming) people who go to the local churches. After they passed the cannon went off a few more times and then there was what sounded like solid gunfire for about 5min straight. (It's really hard to relax and tan when all this is happening).

Anyway, not sure what the whole thing was about but I did learn that before taking pictures of a parade from a verandah of a church parade you should put more clothes than just a bathing suit on, otherwise it's a little bit awkward.

 Innocently trying to get some sun. Yes Mom I had sunscreen on and even though I wasn't doing homework at that exact moment I did get some done that day :)

 Mary in Aboriginal form? Like Our Lady of Guadalupe?

 Oh yeah, there was a band also...that's how we knew they were coming.

This is about a 4th of the people in the parade. It ended (I think) at Esplanade park - around the corner and down the street - I'm not sure where it started.