Scenery

Lennox 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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Dorrigo

Can’t believe the weather – the heat and humidity just won’t let up!!!!  And that is the last time I am going to say it – EVER! – I don’t complain any more because everyone is sick of hearing me comment on the heat…. Next summer………..will be different! ‘Dorrigo sounds nice’ 768 metres above sea…

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End of a Chapter

With Eelco on the plane back to Holland on Easter Sunday, I spent a week of quality time with friends, and started to plot and plan my next chapter…..It was soooo nice to spend time on the mountain as the weather is still to hot and humid to enjoy elsewhere.  Thank you to my dear…

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Border Ranges

With Salsa safely in the back seat, we took off with the whole day to explore any territory we liked between Susanne’s at Lynches Creek, and Mt Tamborine which was our destination for the day. We headed straight in the the Border Ranges as we had just spent 3 days at the base of the…

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Another trip, another road….

A quick trip up to Qld for the weekend mid March, stopped in Casino for a coffee break and found this curious situation with the magpies – and a simple and entertaining solution! I didn’t have enough time to constantly stop while on the way back to Bellingen, but the road from Rathdowney, to Woodenbong, Casino,…

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Oh My God I DID IT !!!

Yep, the Angourie weekend was the tipping point…………after months of research and hesitation, I finally bought a professional camera again –  not telling how much I spent – but it would make any pro photographer REAL JEALOUS  (and photographically minded friends!!!) hehehe… When I first held it in my hand I knew I had done…

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Angourie

Wow – I never appreciated it when we went on holidays as kids and stayed in a little fibro shack at Angourie, south of Yamba.  I am amazed at how beautiful the beaches are, and it  has grown up in 25 years too – the fibro shack is gone – I did look for it,…

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Hammock Heaven

The unrelenting summer with it’s high humidity is wearing me down…..but a trip out to Never Never Creek in ‘The Promised Land’ was a fantastic experience – pity it rained not long after I managed to string the hammock up!!

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Gypsy Trip Out West

Eelco and I decided to have a few days off and head up to Queensland along the New England Highway – definitely the long way home – and the most beautiful. Due to  far too many ‘kodak moments” we were still in the Dorrigo mountains  50 – 100 km away from our starting point by…

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Thundery Beach

We went for a Sunday drive to John’s regular swimming spot but found it very rough – even the lifesavers didn’t come out in time to play…..

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