Ben Boyd NP
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…
Canada again
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…
A seal of approval
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…
Climb’n’ Stuff … BIG Stuff
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…
Boom
Just out the front of where we are staying That's what we awoke to. A big, roaring booming sound. Initially I thought it was a truck going past with issues,…
Raining……
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…
Stromlo Forest Park – MTB Day
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…
Cultcha…….
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…
Canberra also does a zoo
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…
Canberra – memories and politics
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…
Driving to Bathurst ;-)
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…
Colour – life in death in life
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…