Towns
Bye Bye Bello
Images from the last 3 months of hanging out in Bellingen
Read MoreGoodbye to Bellingen and 42 Coronation Street.
What can I say – it’s been great, but it is time to go……..gotta keep moving……..packed up this weekend, car is loaded to the hilt – ready for Monday morning. John is moving out too so the house is all packed up – the organic, biodynamic garden was one thing, the 1970’s original condition house…
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 MoreThe Upmarket Side
I noticed a lot of the untidy stuff on the Island at first, but it’s not all like that – I think I was just a bit surprised…..here are some of the beautiful homes that I could see, and there are a few stunners that I could not get close to that just hang over…
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…
Read MoreDorrigo
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…
Read MoreBats!
In Bellingen, on a little island in the middle of Bellinger river, a short walk from town, is a colony of flying foxes – 45,000 of them! Eelcoa and I had an hour to kill on the way out of town, we had been planning to check it out for weeks…… I wish we had…
Read MoreThe Lodge
My favourite cafe in Bellingen is slightly off the main strip on the top end of town, overlooking the rich green pastures and river across to the Dorrigo Ranges. A historical landmark ‘ The Lodge 241’ was a 3 storey Masonic Temple built in1912, now a privately owned award winning restaurant and cafe and serving…
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