HWW to everyone and let’s hope the day and rest of the week bring you joy.

These three panels are but a very small part of a wall that stretches for about a kilometre and a half along both sides of the main road out of Mandurah towards Old Coast Road and down to the south. The only gap is across the newly upgraded bridge across the river. The carvings on the panels are irregular: some white, some black, some unpainted, and show different configurations of the seabirds. They act as noise baffles so that the houses adjacent to the very busy road are protected. The planners and builders didn’t need to be so artistically creative, but most of us are glad they were. Even functional walls can be fun.