Nature
Uralla & Walcha
I intended to discover Walcha and Uralla on my trip back from Sydney when I bought the car back in September ’09 – I was looking forward to it – but I got lost, broke the car, got stranded for 6 days……and didn’t get there. On the road again – another adventure – I am…
Read MoreCathedral Rock
Monday morning 17th May, the car packed up, one last breaky at my favourite ‘Tuckshop’ cafe, and I was on my way to Armidale – finally. The trip is just 150km or so but as usual it took all day. Cathedral Rock was my first stop and I was a bit hesitant to do the 5.8km…
Read MoreLast trip back to Bello
After flying back into the Gold Coast from Townsville, catching up with friends up on Tamborine, and a few days at the farm sorting out the cottage, I grabbed my map to see if there were any roads left untravelled between Queensland and Bellingen….. found a couple so I headed off… From the farm –…
Read MoreBreakfast with new friends
Two well known residents of the the All Seasons Resort chose to hang out with me on Friday morning. A bit cheeky, but very entertaining, we even had a ‘tiff’ – he bit me and I smacked him back on the beak!
Read MoreJazza
Hot humid weather encourages you to do not a lot……very relaxing, but a whole week on a tropical resort island would be wasted without an adventure on the sea. Josephine and I took the day to discover the Island from the outside. I didn’t think about whether it would be choppy or not – and…
Read MoreWildlife Photographer
Kites – Brahmini Kites with the white chest and head and rich brown wings, and Whistling Kites with the textured dark brown feathers. Each day at 5:30 Peter would hand feed the kookaburras and kites at the Terrace. Over the days it became the goal to ‘get the shot’. I laughed a lot as I…
Read MoreWWII Forts
One walk I was very keen to do on the island was the Forts Walk. World War II bunkers and in fact a whole community (I am sure that is not the word for it) of soldiers was positioned up on a hill on the island. Most of the buildings for day to day operations…
Read MoreMagnetic lifestyle
I haven’t done much like I had planned – generally I have been hiding away from the heat, though the second and third day on the Island has left me with a variety or impressions of ‘Maggie’……the half built concrete buildings and abandoned construction sites, also the natural beauty, humidity, and laid back lifestyle and…
Read MoreCold Showers!
Well I thought I would never enjoy one…..but when the weather is hot enough for long enough a cold shower is bliss. Here on the first day of my Magnetic Island trip, the cloud cover is keeping the air very thick – I can’t work out how this snow bunny keeps finding the endless humid…
Read MoreLennox Heads
Wow! Why go to Byron when this is place is just down the road! By the way I realise I am not taking pics to show you these places – sorry – only interested in artistic and/or stunning shots – not photojournalism….so I have no pics of the town or local scenery..but will think about…
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