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 …
Bad stuff then the good stuff….. Bad StuffWe had a very informative day yesterday finding out about all the animals. It is incredible to learn about them and appreciate the differences of each species and what they require to survive. It reinforces to me the relevance and necessity for us humans, to look after our …
What a day we had at the zoo. What a day to reconnect with nature. What a perfect day we had. From prey to predator, silent to boisterous, cheeky to shy. Oh, how I would love to see these animals in their natural habitat. It’s worthwhile opening up the images and looking at them in …
Remember those shots from yesterday. They looked so far away, so steep, so jagged, so tall, so mountainous. I can concur…all of the previously mentioned adjectives. All of those lovely shots from yesterday, well that’s where we went today. 6 am and it was 3 deg outside. By 7 am we eventually warmed enough to …
That’s a big name. It suits, cause it’s a big park. Interesting this one. It is very uppy and downie. The volcanic action that created it lasted over four million years. And that occurred 17 million years ago. WOW! When you hear figures like that, you realise that the human race is a mere blip …
How cool is space. You can’t tell me that you haven’t looked up at night and wondered. Out here in ‘big sky country’ the nightly show of galaxies, Milky Way and satellites, not forgetting the shooting stars, continually amazes and tantalises the senses. The Paul Wild Observatory is the one where you see the 5 …
Bald Rock-Tenterfield area Bald Rock National Park is a short drive from Tenterfield and the walks are well-graded and easy. We met a bouncy five year old girl through to grandparents trekking up to see the views. Boulders placed precariously, prudently positioned, permitting the perfect path to pass beneath…..couldn’t help myself….. With recent rain, the …
The story continues. Sorry for such a large space between drinks, however we needed to eat many Easter eggs, catch up with the family and borrow a caravan for a while. Yep we have become caravanners, or slightly grey nomads as the case may be. Woodford free camp. The first cooked breakfast on the road. …
