Supreme punishment.....

No more space ships, back to reality if we must...really! Standing here at the entrance to Stirling Gardens on St. George's Terrace is a statue of Alexander Forrest, explorer and surveyor of WA, what a great view he has looking up along the terrace. Walking down through the Stirling Gardens you catch a glimpse between the trees of the National Trust listed Supreme Court building. When it was completed in 1903 it was considered one of the most distinguished buildings of the gold rush period, it's been added to since then both in 1960 and 1986/7. This was the courthouse that would hand down the death penalty until it was abolished in 1984, the last hanging in WA was in 1964. It still handles the serious stuff like murders, armed robbery and sex offences. not the courthouse you want to get for your jury duty gig! Hope you're having a good week and all is as well as can be, take care.....