Within the first five minutes of my time exploring Armadale, I stumbled upon the most charming family.
A young girl was collecting leaves and gumnuts from a playground, and placing them in a neat pile next to her mother.
I watched intently to see why the little girl was doing this, but she was happy just making the pile bigger and bigger …
This photo is one in a series of Perth hotshots – a selection of photojournalism by students at Curtin University in the Western Australian state capital of Perth.