I enjoyed today immensely. Something about photographing this stone tower excited the little child in me. From whatever angle and whatever vegetation was surrounding the tower, I couldn’t help myself and took many many photos. Cutting the numbers down to these few was traumatic, but necessary for your sanity. The tower was used from 1848 …
With a very Canadian twang in his voice, the passing senior gentleman postulated that he, “…thought he was back in Canada again…” I agreed and reminisced that it was indeed the birthplace of the original design, however it took Ross Cook of Rosco Canoes to get it right and here in Australia. The Canadian canoe …
Our last day at Bermagui, so down to the seals for a quick cuppa and chat. They were quite ignorant and not in a talkative mood at all. In fact this bob of seals were chillin’. Sir David Attenborough would be proud, ahem…..”A group of seals, known amongst other things as a ‘Bob’, often lay …
Dead Horse GapWarm-up day. Warm up being a relative thing. Just up the road is one of the many trailheads for the ‘Main Range’ walk. Basically you could literally walk from the tip of Australia all the way to Tasmania. Although whilst completing the last section, you would get a bit wet. Today was all …
That’s what we awoke to. A big, roaring booming sound. Initially I thought it was a truck going past with issues, however I couldn’t hear the motor. Strange, I said to myself. The van shook as well, however being in a smaller van it has a tendency to move around a little, so we didn’t …
Thanks Canberra, you were a wonderful place to visit, and have tantalised us enough to want to come back and have a look around again. Ok ….. I just want to do more mountain biking, I admit it. So plan A was to head out to the coast and see some ocean again; I miss …
Mountain Biking day today. I hit the trails of the Stromlo Forest Park. I think there were another 200 cars in the carpark with a steady stream of cars coming in and out continuously; couldn’t believe it. It is lucky that Stromlo has over 40Km of trails so there are plenty to go around. I …
errrr …..yeah. Sorry. Our first stop for today was the National Portrait Gallery, then the art gallery, finally, the museum. Mandy asked where my camera was? Ok … so this is where I stand. I don’t take photos of other people’s photos. I don’t take photos of paintings either. I believe that the images that …
Please allow me to make it very clear – I don’t like animals in cages. Even the ones that would rather gnaw on my head than look at me. The Zoos that we have been to are all specifically developed to save animals. From the Sun bears who were freed from tiny cages, to the …
Driving into our nation’s capital is a humbling experience. Be it from the imposing stature of Parliament House; the marble, the concrete, the grass, the steel. Or is the humbling feeling derived from the respectful grandeur presented within the war museum walls? The widespread beauty of Lake Burley-Griffin, with perimeter paths full of families, cyclists, …
Parkes Parkes do telescopes well. They also do carrot cake and coffee very well at the café. Mice are everywhere at the moment, we are told the farmers are in strife and are praying for frost to bring the numbers down. We, on the other hand, are not praying for frost. Whilst eating our carrot …
Colours; none bright, none psychedelic, all calming. Soothing scenes with remnants of fierce days not long passed. The 2019/2020 bushfires. Blackened bark, ash littering the rocky plainlands. Dry rocks, dry ground, jet black skeletal profiles, stripped of green life, stripped of animal nests, stripped of animals. Kanangra Walls lookout, a scenic wonderland. We walked from …