The slender and delicate bell tower seen on the left once stood in splendid isolation in Barrack Square by the Swan River in Perth. The development of Elizabeth Quay now stands next to its spire. These hotels and appartments on the right now loom over it like bullies in a playground, dwarfing and intimidating it. Such is the price of progress, where money not only talks but swears loudly, proclaiming its power and daring us to want anything different.

(I've rung in this tower, a wonderful and quite exhilarating experience.)