Year: 2019

Last night we sat on the deck and had a late dinner. Sometimes I leave some fruit out for the possums but when I approached the bird table to put my pear scraps onto it I found Sid Little – aka Sidlet. Clearly a new addition to Marina’s Mad Critter list. We saw his beautiful…

The boys came to see us – young men to most of the world, and to our American cousins who pointed this out. We welcomed them with open arms, halloumotes and kixia, and set out to catch up on months of travel for each of them, one to Japan the other to America, their work…

The winds are blowing from the west and they are hot and dry. Just what you don’t want when the land is parched and dry and thirsting for some rain. All day yesterday the branches swayed wildly and today on our walk the results were there – everywhere in fact. Dried small branches that had…

The colour of our walk today is decidedly red after all the blood and gore spilt in the neighbourhood celebrating ghoulish Halloween. It is the kind of red I love, a small precursor to the summer months here where nature takes over the holiday decor, inside and out.  There was more to our walk today…

No two visits are the same and this one turned out to be a very pleasant surprise. We headed there for some birdwatching and at this time of year you are in for a treat. Shore birds, migratory birds, every day birds all there having a good time.Th circular Board Walk takes you to the…

We visited Goodna. At this time of year the Jacaranda Park is awash with purple Jacarandas and is a joy. This weekend there is a festival going on in the park but some official might be in trouble…  Spot the error Just to break up the purple let’s be rebellious and throw some red in…

When you are stuck at home waiting for the washing machine man, however nice he is, you are itching to get out. So as soon as he pronounced the washing machine dead, I knew the only thing to do was to head out with Dougall. Glorious day and extra long walk. Why not. Look at…

Its a glorious day and I was just thinking it is beginning to feel like summer. Must invite the neighbours over for a swim, must organise some lunches for ladies, must get a new swimsuit and I wonder when the first snake sighting will be… – well one dip in the pool and as I…

I haven’t taken Dougall out for several weeks as I have been away so it was a joyful reunion. On our walk today a variety of attractions to catch both of our watchful eyes. For Dougall, a water dragon is the ultimate carrot and he chases after them with abandon. They are always faster then…

This morning’s adventure involved us taking a nature walk to the Prophet Elias. We were told it was a three hour walk through the forest. With limited signage and some guesswork by G, we climbed steadily to the very top of one of the peaks and there sitting on a small platform was a tiny…